New regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services require healthcare providers, health plans and other entities covered under HIPAA to notify individual when their healthcare information has been breached, according to an HHS news release.
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The America's Health Insurance Plans has commissioned a report which, not surprisingly, claims some out-of-network physicians are charging patients fees as high as 1,000 percent of Medicare reimbursements for the same service in the same geographic area.
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Kevin L. Unger has been appointed president of Boston-based Orthofix International's spinal implants division, according to a release from Orthofix.
Wright Medical Group has launched its Coretrak Articulating External Fixator, according to a release from Wright Medical Group.
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Medtronic will present a live Webcast of its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 10:30 a.m. CST, according to the company.
US Spine has been awarded a patent for its Facet Gun, the first in a series of applications for the Facet Fixation System, which is already on the market, according to a release from US Spine, based in Boca Raton,…
Adonis Ortiz of Miami was convicted of healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and faces up to 40 years in prison, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Timothy Kuklo, MD, an orthopedic surgeon accused of falsifying the results of a clinical trial, has voluntarily resigned from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Mo., according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Jose Rosario and Arnaldo Rosario, both residents of Miami have pleaded guilty to participating in a $15.3 million Detroit-based Medicare fraud scheme, according to a report by The Detroit News.