Dan Laird, MD, an anesthesiologist based in Puyallup, Wash., has sued a local anesthesia group alleging he was rejected from the group because he is gay, according to a Seattle Post-Intelligencer report.
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New York lawmakers reached a consensus on a less restrictive version of Sen. Kemp Hannon's insurance exchange bill, The New York Health Benefit Exchange Act, which asks the state to set up an exchange as a public benefit corporation with…
Mississippi health officials are determining how to most effectively set up and operate a health insurance exchange, a program that must be implemented by Jan. 1, 2014, based on the healthcare reform law, according to a Clarion Ledger report.
California healthcare leaders have suggested combining the bureaucracies that police health insurers and HMOs, saying a single agency could better serve the public and handle new requirements through healthcare reform, according to an LA Times report.
The Illinois Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit against Heart Check America, accusing the imaging company of pressuring patients into expensive body scans that many did not need, according to a ProPublica report. Illinois officials say Sheila Haddad and…
Three employees from a Brooklyn-area clinic have pleaded guilty in connection with a $3.4 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Dmitry Shteyman, Aleksey Shteyman and Maxsim Shvedkin have pleaded guilty to…
Plans have been approved for a new ambulatory surgery center in Logan Township, Pa., according to a report from WRTA.
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Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital has unveiled a new, four-operating room surgery center, according to a report from SNN Local News 6.
Ambulatory surgery centers in Iowa and Pennsylvania recently received visits by members of the House and Senate, according to a report from the ASC Association in its ASCA Government Affairs Update.