The district attorney of Texas’ Harris County has repeatedly complained to federal Medicare officials about fraud involving private ambulances, only to have her concerns ignored for more than two years, according to a Houston Chronicle report. DA Pat Lykos says…
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After conducting an investigation, the Associated Press claims officials fighting Medicare fraud regularly suspend providers only to “quickly reinstate them after appeals hearings that government employees don’t even attend,” according to an AP report from ABC News. These speedy reinstatements…
Last year, hospitals lost more than $1 billion on procedures by using expensive medical devices, such as implants for heart and orthopedic procedures, according to a Premier Inc. survey, a Wall Street Journal report said.
Ray Elliott, who served at Boston Scientific's CEO for just 26 months, stepped down as CEO yesterday, according to a MassDevice report. Hank Kucheman, currently the executive vice president and group president of the Cardiology, Rhythm and Vascular department will…
Patients are waiting longer to undergo orthopedic procedures because they fear losing their jobs or lack health insurance, according to a Reuters report.
CMS has announced that it is accepting applications for a new Innovation Advisors program to help health professionals deepen skills that will drive improvements to patient care and reduce costs.
An annual national scorecard report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System showed that despite pockets of improvement, the United States as a whole failed to improve when compared to best performers in this country and…
A new retrospective study found that peripheral neuromodulation reduced chronic craniofacial pain, according to a Clinical Psychiatry News report.
New state regulations are moving away from regulating just "pill mills" to setting up restrictions for physicians practicing pain management, according to an American Medical News report.
Researchers found high levels of Fusobacterium in samples of colorectal cancer tumors, which suggests a possible link between bacteria and colon cancer, according to a Dana-Farber Cancer Institute news release.