A new report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission reveals Medicare diagnostic imaging declined in 2010, according to a DOTmed report.
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Ascension Health Alliance, based in St. Louis, has announced its subsidiary Resource and Supply Management Group has formed a group purchasing organization, according to a news release.
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The results of a new study published in the March 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis who received endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy had an associated lower risk of major complications compared…
David Johnson, MD, professor of medicine and chief of gastroenterology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, evaluates the American College of Physicians' recently released guidance statement for colorectal cancer screening in a new Medscape Today video.
A New Jersey proposal would instate approximately 1,000 price codes controlling how much physicians, surgery centers and hospitals can charge for outpatient treatments for auto accidents, while abolishing another 117 price controls due to physician backlash, according to an NJ.com…
Representatives from the ASC Association recently met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on payment policies in surgery centers, according to an ASCA release.
House Republicans have recently made progress in their effort to eliminate the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board, a 15-person board tasked with cutting government Medicare spending, according to an American Medical News report.
Women pay more than men for the same health insurance coverage, according to new data from online brokers and a New York Times report.
During a Tuesday meeting at the Kenai (Alaska) Peninsula Borough Assembly chambers, Assembly President Gary Knopp addressed a perceived "divide" between Central Peninsula Hospital and independent physicians pursuing the construction of an ASC, according to a Peninsula Clarion report.