The U.S. Department of Defense has selected 12 hospitals and outpatient centers to study treatment and outcomes of severe orthopedic trauma suffered by U.S. military personnel on the battlefield, according to a release from one of the recipients, the Orthopaedic…
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The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to eliminate scheduled premium increases next year of $8-$23 a month for Medicare Part B, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Orthopedic surgeon Debi Thomas, MD, who won a bronze medal in women's figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, has joined the AP&S Clinic, a 70-physician multi-specialty clinic in Terre Haute, Ind., according to a release from AP&S Clinic.
The FDA Commissioner under former President George W. Bush overruled FDA scientists to approve Menaflex, a knee-surgery device from ReGen Biologics of Hackensack, N.J., according to the Washington Post.
Here are five antikickback cases making headlines this summer. The situations involve physicians, hospitals, device makers and pharmaceutical companies.
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Cleopatra Lacour Montgomery of Port Allen, La., was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay over $100,000 in restitutions after she pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and money laundering, according to a report from WAFB 9 News.
Sylvia Delgado, who operated MedComp Electronic Billing in Del Rio, Texas, was found guilty of seven counts of healthcare fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and two counts of providing false statements relating to healthcare matters, according…
Psychologist Allan K. Hearne, PhD, owner of Brookhaven (Miss.) Psychiatry and Psychological Associates, was sentenced to more than six years in prison after he was convicted in June of conspiracy to defraud the United States, healthcare fraud, obstructing a federal…
Changes to the Stark law go into effect on Oct. 1, and many physician-hospital arrangements could fall out of compliance if physicians are not prepared for these changes, according to a report in American Medical News.
Dralves Edwards, MD, a Dallas family physician, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, according to a release from Dr. Edwards.