Medicare Chief Donald Berwick, MD, celebrates his 65th birthday today, making him eligible the federal health insurance program he oversees, according to an NPR report.
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TeamHealth has announced the acquisition of Anesthesia Services, an outsourced anesthesiology physician management practice, according to a release.
Idaho has avoided a federal takeover of insurance rate reviews, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
Most allergic reactions that occur during anesthesia are caused by antibiotics, though many reactions do not have a clear cause, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has come under fire recently for limiting state workers to one health maintenance organization for each county starting in Jan. 2012, according to a Miami Herald report.
Five additional members of Congress have joined as cosponsors of the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to an ASCA release.
The United States has partially intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Halifax Hospital Medical Center, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to a news release from the Department of Justice. The government has partially intervened in allegations that…
A single dose of common pain medicines like aspirin or acetaminophen provided acceptable pain relief for only about one-third of patients, according to a Cochran Library report.
A new portable room divider for hospitals and other providers allows patients with non-airborne infections to be isolated in the same room with other patients, according to a MedGadget report.
Kentucky physician groups have filed a formal complaint against proposed regulations allowing optometrists to perform eye surgery, according to a Kentucky Medical Association news release.