Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees’ third baseman, has filed a lawsuit against New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and the Yankees’ team physician, claiming he was improperly cleared to continue playing, according to an ABC News report. Read…
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Contractors processed 2.9 million redeterminations involving 3.7 million claims for Medicare Parts A and B in 2012, a 33 percent increase compared with 2008, according to a report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
The Sacramento Kings have announced that beginning with the 2013-2014 season, Kaiser Permanente will become the team's official provider of medical care, according to an NBA.com report.
Jerry Hizon, MD, sports medicine and family practice physician, has opened a new sports medicine office in Murrieta, Calif., according to a report by The Press-Enterprise.
Medicare continued paying physicians through the last government shutdown — December 1995 through January 1996 — and physicians are still seeing payments roll in today since the funding for Medicare and Medicaid programs aren't dependent on Congress to appropriate money…
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At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Jon Nielson, MD, will give a presentation titled "Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy in an Outpatient Setting, Successes and Suggestions."
Scott W. Wolfe, MD, is the Director of the Center for Brachial Plexus and Traumatic Nerve Injury at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Steve K. Lee, MD, is the Research Director at the Center for Brachial Plexus…
A study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found the average lifetime societal benefit of anterior cruciate ligament surgery $50,000 per patient, according to an AAOS news release.
Orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician Cory Edgar, MD, has joined the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, according to an UConn Today report.
James Andrews, MD, recently performed shoulder surgery on the Seattle Mariners top pitching prospect Danny Hultzen, according to a CBS Sports report.