The California Hospital Association and the state Department of Public Health are sparring in a lawsuit filed by CHA to halt the implementation of a new reporting mandate that was scheduled to go into effect June 1, 2011, in the…
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The owner of a Houston healthcare company has pled guilty in connection with a $654,227 Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Simone Ball, owner and operator of Preferred Plus Medical Supply, pleaded guilty…
Myrdalis Diaz-Ramirez, MD, who operates an interventional pain clinic in Sarasota, Fla., says she could be forced to close down, the victim of a regulatory backlash against a very different kind of pain clinic, "pill mills" that prescribe high volumes…
An administrative law judge has put a hold on a new surgery center in Holly Springs, N.C., for Novant Health, according to a report from the Winston-Salem Journal.
Amy Mowles is president and CEO of Mowles Medical Management. Q: According to the documents that I have been reviewing it says that the emergency equipment list is standard and we can add to the emergency equipment but cannot…
A substantial minority of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing elective orthopedic procedures are at increased risk for prolonged morbidity and hospital stay, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, 2011, Ken Pettine, MD, founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, gave a presentation titled "Everything You Need to Know to…
Teleflex, a provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, has announced the addition of the company's VasoNova Vascular Positioning System to its existing peripherally inserted central catheters agreement with Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization.
Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has addressed the controversy over its recent study, which reported the healthcare reform law may prompt large numbers of employers to stop offering health insurance benefits to employees, according to a Talking Points Memo report.
On June 15, The Oregonian reported that only half of Oregon surgery centers participate in the state's voluntary reporting system, established by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission in 2007. The report stated that of the 43 surgery centers that have…