A new gastroenterology center is set to open at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston in June, according to a CultureMap Houston report.
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University Physicians & Surgeons, part of the clinical arm of the University of California, Irvine, has announced the appointment of gastroenterologist William Karnes, MD, as associate clinical professor in the division of gastroenterology, according to a news release.
"Unnecessary" use of higher-priced medications accounted for much of the $2.1 billion in wasted pharmacy-related spending for U.S. workers' compensation payors, according to a report released by Express Scripts.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that health insurance premium increase in Missouri have been deemed unreasonable under the rate review authority granted by PPACA, according to a St. Louis American report.
Best Medical International, based in Springfield, Va., is considering whether to include an ambulatory surgery center in a new medical campus in Brownsville, Pa., according to a Citybiz report.
Poudre Valley Health System, based in Fort Collins, Colo., has broken ground on a new ambulatory surgery center in Greeley, according to a news release and Northern Colorado 5 report.
Stephen Hochschuler, MD, founded Texas Back Institute in Plano in 1977 with Ralph Rashbaum, MD, and Richard Guyer, MD. During that time, consensus seemed to believe that the physician's role was to focus on taking care of patients and not…
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers outlines the various ways social media is changing the interaction between healthcare providers and consumers.
In an editorial in Government Health IT, Mary Mosquera, senior editor, posited that division down party lines may be destroying the future of health insurance exchanges for many states.
Todd Beyer, DO, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and oculofacial-plastic surgeon at Novus Clinic in Tallmadge, Ohio, where he serves as president. Dr. Beyer specializes in LASIK and refractive surgery, oculofacial-plastic surgery and advanced cataract/lens implant surgery. He and therapeutically licensed…