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CMS Revisits Stark 'Stand in the Shoes' Provision

Written by Rob Kurtz
Thursday, 24 April 2008
CMS is revisiting the Stark “stand in the shoes” provision as a component of its 2009 Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule.
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Medtronic to Buy Maker of Surgical Implant for Treatment of Sleep Apnea

Written by Stephanie Wasek
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Medtronic will purchase Restore Medical under an agreement in which Medtronic will pay $1.60 per share in cash for each share of Restore Medical stock. Restore Medical makes the Pillar Palatal Implant System, an innovative, minimally invasive, implantable device used to treat the soft palate component of sleep breathing disorders, including mild to moderate obstructive sleep apnea and snoring.
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Language Banning Physician Hospitals Slipped Into Farm Bill

Written by Stephanie Wasek
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
In the latest attack on physician-owned specialty hospitals, opponents of the surgical facilities have sneaked provisions into the farm bill after versions of the legislation had been approved by both the House and Senate.
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In the News: Venture Will Limit Choice

Written by Stephanie Wasek
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
In an op-ed in the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, S.D.), R. Blake Curd, MD, a clinical assistant professor with the University of South Dakota School of Medicine and director of Physician Hospitals of America, hits out at a proposed joint-ventured ASC between Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls.
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CMS Issues Quarterly Update to ASC Payment System

Written by Rob Kurtz
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
CMS has issued updated payment rates for selected separately payable drugs and biologicals and provided rates and descriptors for newly created Level II HCPCS codes for drugs and biologicals in its first quarterly update to the ASC payment system.
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