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Jeffrey Sketchler, MD, of Metairie, La.-based Ponchartrain Bone & Joint Clinic, recently traveled to Nicaragua on a medical mission trip, according to a report by The Times Picayune.

The American Hospital Association — joined by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — sent a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to bar civil monetary penalties under the False Claims Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its ruling this week in the case of two companies against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its contraception coverage mandate. What, exactly, is at stake for the law?

Yesterday, PwC's Health Research Institute released its annual medical cost trend report for 2015, which is based on interviews with industry executives, health policy experts and health plan actuaries, whose companies cover a total of 93 million members.

According to analysis by The Atlantic, many of the highest-paying jobs are in healthcare.

American Association of Orthopaedic Executives named Don Schreiner board president, according to a Rockford Register Star report.

Here are 55 orthopedic surgeons who joined orthopedic groups or hospital physician teams in 2014 so far.

PwC's Health Research Institute has released its annual medical cost trend report for 2015, which is based on interviews with industry executives, health policy experts and health plan actuaries, whose companies cover a total of 93 million members.

Newly insured individuals who purchased health insurance plans on the exchanges are 12 percent less likely to report being in good health than those in the general population, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Clemson University awarded Richard J. Hawkins, MD, the 2014 Samuel F. Hubert award, according to an AAOS Now report.