Last Friday, Marshall Steele, MD, spoke about creating destination centers of superior performance at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conference in Chicago. Dr. Steele began his discussion by expanding on some problematic themes in healthcare. He said…
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CAS Medical Systems has signed a distribution agreement with Medline Industries for a new co-branded version of CAS Med's Model 740 portable vital signs monitor, according to a CAS Med release.
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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy named Gregory G. Ginsberg, MD, as its new president and named members of its 2011-2012 governing board, according to releases by ASGE.
A former Boston pharmacist has been sentenced to four years in jail for defrauding Massachusetts’ Medicaid program of more than $555,000, according to a Boston Globe report. Aloyisius Nsonwu of Rosindale, Mass., fraudulently billed MassHealth for medications that were never…
The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron, Ohio, has released a white paper on value-driven engineering that aims to reduce unnecessary complexity of design of medical devices, according to a release by the Institute.
A new study has shown that most specialists in Illinois refuse to accept Medicaid patients, according to a report by The Atlantic.
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