Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced S. 1681, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, which would "ensure health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging or market allocations to the detriment…
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Here are the average operating expenses per operating room for surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Wilson Asfora, MD, has no background in engineering, so when he invents a new surgical device, he draws what he wants and gives it to an engineer to work up.
Spine Surgeon Robert Talac, MD, has joined West Tennessee Neurosciences in Jackson, Tenn., according to a report by the Jackson Sun.
Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., has enhanced the expansion of its orthopedic and physical therapy suite, citing increasing demand, according to a report from Buffalo Business First.
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Rakesh Sahni, MD, of Rumson, N.J., Ravindra Patel, MD, of Scotch Plains, N.J., and Jasjit Walia, MD, of Edison, N.J., settled civil lawsuits by federal prosecutors, alleging that the physicians accepted kickbacks to refer cardiology patients to the University of…
Wayne Memorial Hospital in Honesdale, Pa., will begin offering neuro-spine surgery for the first time in the history of the hospital, according to a report in the Wayne Independent.
John Wilkerson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon based in Miami has opened a new office in Coral Gables, Fla., according to a Center for Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Excellence of Miami news release.
Spine Surgical Innovation has launched a new ad campaign that focuses on the rapid ability to customize the Swivel Port MIS Retractor System for the individual needs of spine OEM vendors, distributors and surgeons, according to an SSI news release.
As the last acting president of seven-physician Stockton (Calif.) Orthopedic Medical Group, Kevin Mikaelian, MD, led negotiations to join Gould Medical Group, a large multi-specialty practice with about 200 physicians. Gould is part of Sutter Health, an integrated medical system…