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The Healthcare Financial Management Association is offering a side-by-side comparison of the House and Senate health reform bills, showing differences that will have to be worked out in the final bill, according to an HFMA release.

Pediatric specialists in areas such as neurology, endocrinology and orthopedics can apply next year for a medical student loan forgiveness program in Orange County, Calif., according to the Orange County Register.

Conservative politicians in states such as Florida and Arizona are proposing measures to opt out of federal health reform legislation, according to a report by the New York Times.

A study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine found that arthroscopic shoulder surgery performed after a failed rotator cuff repair surgery can provide pain relief and improve shoulder function, according to an American Orthopaedic…

Urban Treatment Center, a methadone clinic in Camden, N.J., is accused of improperly billing U.S. and New Jersey Medicaid for $906,910, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

UnitedHealthcare will require all network physicians and other healthcare providers, facilities and ancillary providers to participate in its Commercial Radiology Notification Program, effective Feb. 15, 2010, according to a report from the American Academy of Professional Coders.

An increasing trend among orthopedic physicians is employment by a hospital or hospital group. If a practice is bought or affiliated with a specific hospital or hospital system, surgeons may be required to perform surgeries at more than one hospital…

William Holley, MD, a podiatrist based in Buffalo, N.Y., was indicted on 28 charges of healthcare fraud, alleging the physician submitted numerous fraudulent charges to federal and state health insurers, according to a report in The Buffalo News.

New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released audits that found the state Medicaid program lost at least $92 million due to improper payments, billing errors and poor record keeping, according to a report in the New York Times.

Medtronic has announced the U.S. launch of the SOVEREIGN Spinal System, an intervertebral body fusion device used to treat patients who suffer from a degenerative condition that affects the lumbar spine, according to a Medtronic news release.