Active lifestyles, aging joints and a more enlightened approach by practitioners to treating pain is contributing to a highly attractive demand picture for pain management drug products, especially among transdermal formulations, which has led to an increase in the number of participants seeking to compete for a share of the market, according to a news release from Greystone Associates.
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David F. Chang, MD (Peninsula Eye Surgery Center, Mountain View, Calif.). Dr. Chang is managing partner of the Peninsula Eye Surgery Center and is in private practice in Los Altos, Calif., focusing on cataract and intraocular lens implants. He was the first U.S. surgeon to implant the light-adjustable artificial lens and the first dual-optic accommodating IOL. Dr. Chang has designed a number of popular cataract surgical instruments that bear his name and are used worldwide. He served as program chairman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology's annual meeting from 2004-2009.
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NYU Langone Medical Center enjoys a reputation as one of the premier academic medical centers in the country. The hospital recently opened a facility built to current technology and clinical best practices in order to provide patients with a new option for orthopedic surgery: a hospital-affiliated, free-standing ASC — right in the heart of Manhattan.
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CMS and other federal agencies will expand use of payment recapture audits, currently used by recovery audit contractors, and thereby double the amount of recovered costs previously projected, according to a release by the White House.
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Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce details of its upcoming 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues on June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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1. Democrats count votes; Attempt to move forward with President Obama's plan. While President Obama has vowed to push forward with comprehensive reform, many Democrats seem to be struggling as to how they can move the President's plan along. Many political analysts question House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ability to garner the 216 votes needed to pass the Senate's bill; however, discussions have surfaced suggesting that the House is only one vote away from approving the bill. It is unclear at this point whether these discussions are rumors or fact.
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Manuel Anthony Puig and his wife Romelia Sanchez Puig, both of Edinburg, Texas, were indicted by a federal grand jury for healthcare fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas.
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A new bill proposed in the Florida legislature would give the state's attorney general power to investigate private managed care companies that administer Medicaid, according to a report in the South Florida Business Journal.
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CHICAGO — Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities are currently available for the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review. The conference will take place June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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