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At the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, voluntary conflict of interest disclosures were very common, and 100 percent were reported in the symposia, according to an article published in a recent issue of Journal of Bone &…

Healthcare prices have been an enigma within the U.S. healthcare system for many years now, and a report from the Catalyst for Payment Reform and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute quantifies how a majority of states fail to enact…

Rockville, Md.-based National Spine & Pain Centers announced that it has opened three new facilities in Silver Spring, Md., Mount Vernon, Va., and North Arlington, Va.

Marissa Seligman, PharmD, is chief clinical and regulatory affairs and compliance officer and senior vice president for Pri-Med Institute of pmiCME. PmiCME is the accredited education division of DBC Pri-Med. Dr. Seligman has more than 20 years experience in healthcare…

In a report called "The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013," the Cloud Security Alliance, a non-profit organization that aims to promote best practices for cloud computing security, outlines the top nine cloud security threats in 2013.

On May 9, Michael Joyce, MD, will perform surgery on WNBA Seattle Storm's Sue Bird in order to remove a cyst from her left knee, according to a report by USA Today.

According to the Physicians' Top Ethical Dilemmas: Medscape 2012 Survey Results report, 27 percent of physicians would stop accepting insurers that don't pay well, even if it would mean longtime patients would have to quit seeing them.

To coincide with the start of the NCAA's March Madness, National Medical Billing Services announced it will sponsor renowned Duke University Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski's keynote speech at the 11th Annual Orthopedic, Spine & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in…

CMS has once again revised penalties for hospitals under its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, which cuts hospitals' Medicare payments up to 1 percent for higher-than-expected 30-day readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients, according to a Kaiser…

Prices at all hospitals were up 0.6 percent in February compared with January, and compared with February 2012, hospital prices were up 2.6 percent, according to the most recent Producer Price Index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.