Pfizer has completed its acquisition of pain medication company Icagen in a deal worth almost $50 million, according to a Pfizer press release.
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Todd Currier is the first president of the Wyoming Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which recently announced its formation.
Lisa Nijm, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Eye Institute at Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, is opening a new part-time outreach practice in Lincoln, Ill., according to a Lincoln Courier report.
The FDA has approved Fluke Biomedical's ProSim Vital Signs patient simulator, according to a Fluke news release.
A recent report by the HHS Inspector General said CMS has not been verifying whether Medicare prescriptions for painkillers and other addictive drugs were written by real physicians, according to a Cutting Edge report.
Medicare costs could be cut by $7-$15 billion by funding weight-loss programs for overweight beneficiaries ages 60-64 who show acceptable risk factors, according to a Health Affairs report.
The office manager of an OB/GYN practice in Hilton Head, S.C., has pleaded guilty to buying intrauterine devices that were not FDA-approved, according to an Island Packet report.
Meridian Surgical Partners has announced it has opened Zachary (La.) Surgical Center, according to a news release from Meridian Surgical Partners.
The following article is written by Eric J. Stenson, director of enterprise applications for Surgical Notes. The views expressed are those of the author and are not endorsed by Surgical Notes. Stanford University Hospital recently suffered a major breach of…
Parkland Memorial Hospital entered into a systems improvement agreement with CMS in order to keep its Medicare status after the agency found the hospital's emergency department still posed "immediate jeopardy," according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.