Huge drug shortages and dramatic distributor markups on life-saving products have been cause for concern and frustration among hospital pharmacists, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.
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Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chair of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, has sent a letter to medical device giant Medtronic to determine whether its string of recent contract cancellations with healthcare group purchasing organizations aimed to "reduce transparency and increase…
In Massachusetts, the export of medical devices represents approximately 10 percent of all U.S. medical equipment sold abroad and grew nearly twice as fast as state exports as a whole, according to a Boston Globe news report.
Washington State's Health Technology Assessment Program published a draft decision last week outlining a committee's decision to continue paying for some spinal injections, according to a News Tribune report.
New Life Surgery Center, a Beverly Hills ambulatory surgery center affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN advertising campaign, has been asked to make improvements or risk losing its Joint Commission accreditation, according to an L.A. Times report.
Owners of Buffalo (N.Y.) Ambulatory Surgery Center have filed plans with the New York State Department of Health to renovate the second floor and expand a minor surgery room, according to a Buffalo Business First report.
In an editorial in GovHealthIT, David Stone, executive vice president of Medical Management Professionals, discussed the "significant issues and potential concerns" that hospital-based practices may face as they transition to ICD-10.
Here are 20 statistics about the cost of ICD-10 for physician practices, based on 2008 data released by Nachimson Advisors, LLC, on behalf of various healthcare organizations. Organizations involved are listed below.
Deland, Fla., leaders are developing operating restrictions for pain management clinics, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
A Tennessee Senate bill that requires physician supervision for nurses and physician assistants administering interventional pain management has passed the General Welfare, Health and Human Resource Committee, according to a news release by the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.