Seton Healthcare Family in Austin, Texas, and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas are creating a research institute that will translate research into medical devices, treatments and other uses, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman.
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A new study has found that obese patients have nearly 12 times higher risk of complications following elective plastic surgery than their normal-weight counterparts, according to news release by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
A growing number of women are having bariatric surgery to boost their fertility, according to a report by the New York Daily News.
Florida officials are beginning to enforce a new state law that bars pain clinics from dispensing narcotic and addictive pain medicines, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel.
CMS has postponed implementing a rule change that would stop reimbursing pharmacies for medications used in implanted pumps for chronic pain patients, according to a report by the Meridian Star.
CMS is accepting comments on two potential quality measures for hospital patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Only six adverse error reports regarding medication errors have been submitted to the Oregon Patient Safety Commission's public reporting system in the last three years, according to a news report by The Oregonian.
Rakesh Nathu, MD, a radiation oncologist from Las Vegas, has agreed to pay the federal government $5.7 million plus interest in order to settle false claims allegations, according to a local FOX news report.
Alan Gumer, MD, a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has pleaded guilty to his role in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme dating back to 2004, according to a Miami Herald news report.
The Senate Finance Committee postponed a scheduled "mock" markup of the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements that include an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance last week, postponing two provisions from the ASC Quality and Access Act that…