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Kimberly-Clark Corp. has purchased the pain management division of Baylis Medical, a Canadian medical device manufacturer, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

A growing number of patients across the United States are finding a facility fee in addition to the traditional physician's fee on their medical bills for physician office visits, according to a report by the Washington Post.

The HHS Office of the Inspector General will monitor several specific coding issues for physicians' offices in Fiscal Year 2010, according to an extensive Work Plan released by the OIG's office.

While the nation lost a whopping 263,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the healthcare sector came through the month relatively unscathed and still has more jobs than a year ago, according to a release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued its Work Plan that describes kinds of healthcare activities it will be scrutinize and possibly investigate and prosecute in fiscal year 2010, according to a release by the Office of the HHS…

Gerald Kane, a de-licensed orthopedic surgeon in Highland Park, Ill., has pleaded guilty to over-prescribing painkilling drugs linked to three patient deaths, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.

Orthopedic surgeon Jack M. Walker, MD, died recently at age 85, according to an obituary in the StarPress.

P. Denny Oreb is stepping down as executive vice president of the Orthopedic Institute of Oklahoma, an eight-physician practice in Oklahoma City that runs an eight-bed specialty hospital, according to a release from the Orthopedic Institute.

The University of California at San Francisco has opened its $1.6 billion Orthopaedic Institute, according to a release from UCSF.

With the Senate Finance Committee expected to vote on its health reform bill as early as Tuesday, medical devicemakers are asking for a reduction in fees on medical devices in the bill from $40 billion to $15 billion over the…