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This article briefly discusses five interesting Stark Law and Anti-Kickback cases and issues emerging in healthcare.

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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School announced that John Wesley Munz, MD, an assistant professor of orthopedic surgery, has received the Howard Rosen Table Instructor Award at a training workshop organized by AOTrauma North America.

Robert Watkins, MD, board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon and co-director of the Marina Spine Clinic, will perform season-ending surgery on the Houston Texans running back Arian Foster, according to a Bleacher Report.

Lieutenant Commander Leah Brown, MD, a Navy orthopedic surgeon, has received a Bronze Star for the care she provided during her recent deployment to Afghanistan, according to a NavyTimes report.  

Aspirin will become an acceptable prophylactic agent on Jan. 1, 2014 under the Surgical Care Improvement Project measures for patients undergoing elective total knee or total hip replacement, according to an AAOS Now report.

Julius Erving talks to Stephen Colbert about an epic 2-on-2 matchup: Erving & Barack Obama v. Colbert & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. See Abdul-Jabbar LIVE at Becker’s 12th Annual ASC+Spine Conference next June!

Baseball season may be over, but Joe Torre’s still talking.  About replay testing.  Watch his interview and SIGN UP HERE for Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting next May to watch Joe speak LIVE!

President Barack Obama apologized in an NBC News interview Thursday for the cancellation of thousands of people's health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Only a small portion of the exchanges' primary target population has visited or attempted to visit a government health insurance exchange website so far, according to a Gallup poll.