Study results showed implementing a mandatory influenza vaccination program yields high rates of vaccination among healthcare professionals and physicians, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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The Triad Group, based in Hartland, Wis., will be closing its healthcare line following recalls of its sterile lubricating jelly and alcohol pads, according to an MSNBC news report.
CHICAGO – ASC Communications — publisher of Becker's ASC Review, Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review — is proud to support Chicago Dance Marathon, an annual fundraising event to benefit Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, as a…
Contrary to popular belief, chronic pancreatitis caused by alcohol consumption occurs at much lower rates compared to other causes, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Medline Industries, a medical supply firm based in Mundelein, Ill., has agreed to pay $85 million to the federal government to settle claims about illegal kickbacks to hospitals, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Sean Mason, a former Medline employee,…
Albert Yeh, the former operator of a pain management clinic in Golden Valley, Ariz., has surrendered his medical license and has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraudulent billing, according to a news release from…
Kathy Mansfield, MD, a pediatrician from Thomaston, Ga., has pled guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud, according to a news release from the Attorney General of Georgia. Dr. Mansfield overbilled Medicaid approximately $537,428. Her scheme, which involved the drug…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has requested to gauge provider readiness for 5010 and ICD-10 in an industry-wide survey, according to a Cardiovascular Business report.
Over the last two decades, anesthesiologists have aimed to achieve "low-dose" infusion epidurals, a combination of drugs that blocks pain during childbirth while leaving movement mostly unaffected, according to an L.A. Times report.
Suwarna Bhide-Deoskar, MD, has joined the anesthesiologist department at the Essentia Health 32nd Avenue campus in Fargo, according to a system news release.