Implementation of the 21.3 percent cut in Medicare physician fees is due to kick in on Friday, following a lopsided defeat of the fee fix provision in the Senate Wednesday, as part of a package extending unemployment insurance and aid…
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Anesthesiologists will be represented by two colleagues on the AMA's board of trustees following elections held during the Association's recent annual meeting.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced the launch of the 2010 National U.S. Inpatient Healthcare Facility Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prevalence Survey.
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James Weber, MD, is a gastroenterologist with and president of Texas Digestive Disease Consultants in Keller, Texas. The organization is one of the largest gastroenterology groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dr. Weber's areas of interest include colorectal cancer prevention…
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Peak One Surgery Center in Frisco, Colo., provided free surgery to 13 uninsured patients on June 12, according to multiple news reports.
The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, two of its member hospitals — Fort Hamilton Hospital and University Hospital — and University Internal Medicine Associates have agreed to pay the United States $2.6 million to settle claims that they violated the…
Peter W. Carmel, MD, a pediatric neurosurgeon from New York City with a practice in Newark, N.J., has been named president-elect of the American Medical Association, according to an AMA release.
Senate Democrats are likely to reduce their proposed 11-month physician fee-fix to seven months and put it up for a Senate vote today, according to a report by Fox News.