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Pittsburgh-based Highmark, Pennsylvania's largest Blues-affiliated insurer, is protesting an information request from the state insurance department, saying that the state is overstepping its authority in conducting reviews of the state's four Blues carriers, according to a report in American Medical…

More than 500 physicians participated in a discussion, "FTC - Refusal to accept Medicare pricing = Price Fixing," on Sermo, an online community for physicians, according to a Sermo news release.

An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.

Responding to President Obama's challenge to Republicans, "If you have a better idea, show it to me," Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis came up with 10 of…

CHICAGO — Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review has announced "50 Spine Surgeons & Specialists to Know," profiling top spine surgeons, physicians and innovators in the country.

The Food and Drug Administration may toughen is approval process for 510(k) clearance for medical devices, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The move causes concern for medical device makers who worry that tightened approval processes could…

Cameron J. Justice of Crum, W.Va., owner and president of Justice Medical Complex, with conspiracy to misuse a physicians registration number and aiding and abetting healthcare fraud, according to a report in The Charleston Gazette.

A recent survey of members of the California Medical Association found that although almost all of them would like to see some sort of health reform, they are evenly divided over which kind, according to a report by California Physician.

The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services has issued a request for proposals seeking two managed care organizations to provide Medicaid covered services to some 40,000 individuals in suburban Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kankaee, Lake and Will counties, according to…

The FDA unveiled an initiative to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from CT scans, nuclear medicine studies and fluoroscopy, the three procedures that are the greatest contributors to radiation exposure in the U.S., according to an FDA press release.