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Syngergetics USA Sues Alcon Over Vitrectomy Equipment Sales Practices |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
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Claiming it has lost tens of millions of dollars due to Alcon's alleged unfair practices, Synergetics USA, a leading microsurgical device company, has filed a civil, antitrust lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (docket number 08-CV-3669) against Swiss-based Alcon and its primary operating subsidiary in the United States, Alcon Laboratories. Synergetics is seeking a recovery that it believes could exceed $100 million. |
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In The News: Judge Delays Pilot Program to Cut Medicare Lab Costs |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
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The Associated Press (AP) reported that a federal judge has
delayed a CMS pilot program intended to reduce the costs of Medicare lab tests
after the judge determined that the program could threaten the quality of
patient care. The program would have selected clinical laboratories to provide more
than 300 tests, including blood work, to Medicare patients in San Diego County.
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Busy Time on Capitol Hill for Physician-Owned Hospitals |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Monday, 14 April 2008 |
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The first two weeks of April were busy with regard to Capitol Hill activity for physician-owned hospitals. While the American Hospital Association fly-in meeting was marking the destruction of the physician-hospital industry as one of its top priorities, four documents were released that were very beneficial to physician-owned hospitals. Separately, Physician Hospitals of America has learned that provisions prohibiting physician ownership of hospitals may be inserted into the Senate version of the farm bill. |
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Federal Judge Ruling Temporarily Prevents Anti-Markup Rule Provisions |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Friday, 11 April 2008 |
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Physicians can continue to markup and get paid for the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology diagnostic testing services they order but do not perform after a federal judge ordered a temporary injunction blocking a CMS provision that would have prohibited such practices, according to published reports. |
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Federal Government Joins Ohio Lawsuit Alleging Kickbacks for Referrals |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
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The federal government is joining a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against Ohio facilities The Christ Hospital, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, which are accused of defrauding federal health care programs by providing improper financial kickbacks to cardiologists, according to the Department of Justice. |
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Federal Government Turns Attention to Orthopedic Physicians |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Tuesday, 25 March 2008 |
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Six months after the federal government settled allegations of kickback payments with five device manufacturers, its long-running investigation into the orthopedics industry is now focusing on physicians, the New York Times reported March 24. |
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Physician-Owned Hospital Settles Landmark Antitrust Suit Against Regional Insurers and Hospitals |
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Written by Stephanie Wasek
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Friday, 21 March 2008 |
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Heartland Spine & Specialty Hospital has reached a settlement with a group of insurers that were the defendant's in the Overland Park, Kan., physician-owned hospital's landmark antitrust suit (Heartland Surgical Specialty Hosp. LLC v. Midwest Division Inc., No. 05-2164). No terms of the settlement were disclosed; the case had been scheduled for trial in April |
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Federal Government to Pay $666 Million to Hospitals for Medicare Back Payments |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
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The federal government will pay $666 million to more than 660 hospitals to settle a case brought on by hospitals nationwide seeking Medicare back payments, according to a settlement agreement between CMS and the hospitals. |
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California Appeals Court Rules Hospitals Needn't Disclose Patient Discounts |
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Written by Rob Kurtz
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Thursday, 13 March 2008 |
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A California state appeals court has ruled that Sutter Health and Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were not in violation of the state?s consumer protection laws when they did not disclose the existence of a discount policy. The issue of patient and self-pay discount polices is becoming increasingly important for ASCs and hospitals as they deal with uninsured patients and, equally importantly, with high deductible plans. |
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