The new $75 million Orthopedic Building, which just opened at Rush University Medical Center, is a joint venture between the medical center and Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, a 38-physician orthopedic group. The 220,000-square-foot building is the largest facility for orthopedics…
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Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden, N.J., has agreed to pay $8 million to settle allegations of Medicare fraud, according to a report in the Courier-Post.
B. Bennie Perkins of Plymouth, Minn., the owner of a home healthcare company pleaded guilty in federal court to obtaining $74,000 from Medicaid fraudulently by causing submission of reimbursement claims for personal care assistant services that, in truth, were not…
Spinal Restoration, based in Austin, Texas, has received a Special Protocol Assessment concurrence letter from the U.S Food and Drug Administration for the design of its Phase 3 study of the Biostat System for the treatment of chronic discogenic low…
A representative of the U.S. Department of Justice said he department will work with hospitals and other providers to create models of clinical integration that do not violate antitrust laws, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has indicated that he will drop a proposal in the health reform bill to allow people ages 55-64 to buy into the Medicare program, according to a report by the Hill.
New York-based Small Bone Innovations, a privately held orthopedics company focused exclusively on technologies and treatments for the small bones and joints, has closed on a $30 million credit facility, provided by Drawbridge Special Opportunities Fund, to fund accelerated business…
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.The following advice on Medicare's new consultation codes comes from LuAnn Jenkins, CPC, CEMC, CFPC, a coding and reimbursement consultant who heads…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon begin its annual survey of healthcare providers' satisfaction with contractors who process and pay Medicare fee-for-service claims, according to a report by AHANewsNow.
John A. Engelhardt, managing member of Knowledge Ventures, a venture capital firm for the orthopedic and spine device industry, discusses the future of the industry and how both device makers and surgeons will be affected.