Edward Diao, MD, recently performed surgery for uninsured patients at the San Francisco Surgery Center.
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Idaho Falls, Idaho-based Eagle Rock Surgery Center completed the 100th case in its catheterization lab, according to Joe Perrone, a cath lab supervisor and materials manager.
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A New Jersey man will fulfill his end of a settlement and pay $718,000 to New Jersey and $145,000 in attorney's fees after he made several legal protests, Law360 reports.
A Manhattan jury convicted a New York-based physician of accepting illegal kickbacks from Insys to prescribe its opioid drug, Subsys, according to a 4 New York, an NBC affiliate.
Specialists' annual malpractice premiums are significantly higher than those of primary care physicians, according to the Medscape Medical Malpractice Premium Report 2019.
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The number of independently owned ASCs dropped 6 percent from 2006-16, according to a report by Global Healthcare Advisors, an investment bank focused on healthcare mergers and acquisitions.