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As part of the Obama Administration's goal of reducing waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have revised and improved their calculations of Medicare fee-for-service error…

Akasia Lee of New Orleans was sentenced in federal court to five years in prison and to pay nearly $5 million in restitution for her role in the conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a release from the U.S.…

Mercy Gilbert (Ariz.) Medical Center has recruited a specialist in brain and spinal surgery, allowing the 92-bed hospital to offer those services for the first time, according to a release from Mercy Gilbert.

Retiring Stryker chairman John W. Brown said the company is not likely to achieve the 20 percent annual earnings growth it used to see, at least not in the near future, according to a report by West Michigan Business.

Oklahoma's new malpractice reforms for physicians went into effect on Nov. 1, according to a release from the Oklahoma Hospital Association.

Medtronic has launched its TSRH 3Dx Spinal System, offering two screws designed to address multiple pathologies, according to release from Medtronic.

Doctors Research Group has received 510(k) approval from the FDA to market its Kryptonite Bone Cement for cranioplasty applications, according to a release from Doctors Research Group.

Physician supply in 2008 varied from a high of 405 per 100,000 residents in Massachusetts to a low of 174 in Mississippi, according to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) has introduced legislation to make small medical practices eligible for Small Business Administration loans to cover the costs of health information technology, such as electronic medical records, according to a release from Sen. Kerry.

The Conmed Linvatec arthroscopy unit has released new sizes of its Matryx Biocomposite Interference Screw, according to a release from Conmed Linvatec.