A bill to fix the automatic Medicare pay cut for physicians failed by a vote of 47-53 in the Senate, well short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, according to a report by the Hill.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reopened bids for durable medical equipment suppliers in a "round-one rebid" for its competitive bidding program for DME, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies, according to a report by AHANews.
North American Spine, a national provider of state-of-the-art solutions for back pain issues, recently leased 8,000 square feet within McShane Development's 92,000 square foot, three-story 10740 Medical Office Building located in Dallas, according to a McShane news release.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (H.R. 3596), which would eliminate federal antitrust immunities available for health and medical liability insurers for price fixing, bid rigging and market allocation, according to a…
Guy L. Mayer has been named president and CEO of Ascension Orthopedics, according to a release from Ascension.
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Timothy Micek, MD, is moving from Cornerstone Orthopaedics in Richmond, Ky., to the two-physician Collierville (Tenn.) Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, outside Memphis, according to a release from Collierville Orthopedics posted on Dr. Micek's blog.
NuVasive, maker of minimally-invasive spine surgery devices, posted third-quarter sales of $94.9 million, up 41.8 percent from the $66.9 million that it posted during the same period last year, according to a release from the company.
Physicians are paid less today for many common spine procedures than they were in 2000, according to the blog of Jeffrey Binder, president and CEO of Biomet, which makes spine surgery devices.
First-year enrollment in both new and existing U.S. medical schools rose this year by 2 percent over 2008 to nearly 18,400 students, according to data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Wholesale costs increased 0.2 percent for hospitals and 0.1 percent for physician practices during the month of September, according to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.