When orthopedic surgeons and other physicians take on workers' compensation cases, they are routinely asked several questions that can be hard to answer and even off-putting, says John DiPaola, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Tualatin, Ore. To be successful with…
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The following is written by Vivek Taparia, director of business development for Regent Surgical Health. Over the course of the past several decades, the ambulatory surgery center industry has experienced dramatic changes such as major technological innovation and widespread…
Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine will provide anesthesia coverage for Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Dukes, Mass., according to a Martha's Vineyard Times report.
A Billings, Mont.-based anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to three years of federal probation for prescription drug fraud, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Michael Semenovski, MD, a resident anesthesiologist at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, has joined BAETA Corp as the company's chief medical officer, according to a company release.
United Surgical Partners International has announced its results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2010, with the company reporting an increase in consolidated net revenues of 3.5 percent to $154.2 million compared with $149.0 million in the…
Some experts say Medtronic's recent move to terminate five contracts with Novation could possibly indicate a trend in medical device companies turning away business agreements with group purchasing organizations, according to a MassDevice news report.
Straying from the “pay and chase” approach to fraud, healthcare programs are concentrating on preventing “bad actors” from fraudulently billing Medicare or Medicaid, according to a Reuters report. Peter Budetti of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said fraudsters…
Five former executives of Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans have been indicted for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program by producing false documents to inflate the costs of behavior health services, according to an MSNBC report. The former executives indicted are…