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A physician with offices in New Orleans has been charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud after he allegedly billed durable medical equipment to Medicare for patients he never saw, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.…
David Schlactus, CEO of Hope Orthopedics of Oregon and Willamette Surgery Center in Salem, publishes internal benchmarks based on CPT code and shares them with his physicians to incent them to cut costs. Here are three internal benchmarks he feels…
An overview of multiple studies on pain relief finds that ultrasound-guided nerve block procedures do not significantly relieve pain, according to an Anesthesia & Analgesia report.
A new patent reform law signed by President Obama is expected to encourage innovation, streamline the patent process, reduce a backlog of pending patents and allow for patent challenges without filing a federal lawsuit, according to a Mass Device report.
Due to insufficient scientific evidence on effectiveness, physicians should not be prescribing high-dose opioids for chronic non-cancer pain, according to an Archives of Internal Medicine editorial.
A Miami man who pled guilty to a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme has been sentenced to 50 years in prison, the longest sentence ever imposed in a Medicare Fraud Strike Force case, according to a news release from the…
David W. Kielty, OD, MD, has joined Southcoast Physicians Network in New Bedford, Mass., according to a Southcoast Health System release.
Maureen Daye, MD, has joined the gastroenterology service department at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Mass., according to a Lowell Sun report.
Mayo Clinic's 2011 Transform symposium, challenging healthcare industry representatives from across the country to think differently about healthcare, came up with five key insights, according to an R&D Magazine report.