The House of Representatives passed legislation HR 4851, according to a summary by the House Ways & Means Committee.
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Here are seven statistics about the employment and compensation anesthesiologists working on a locum tenens and/or permanent basis, according to the LocumTenens.com 2009 Compensation and Employment Survey — Anesthesiology.
Bridgewater, N.J.-based Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to the U.S. government and certain states to settle allegations that it provided kickbacks to physicians in order entice the physicians to write prescriptions for the painkiller Kadian, both for…
In a letter to members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, President Alexander Hannenberg said the ASA leadership is encouraging its members to speak out against the current healthcare reform bills and reconciliation bill, due to a “closed, flawed process”…
Here are three statistics about the employment and compensation of certified registered nurse anesthetists working on a locum tenens and/or permanent basis, according to the LocumTenens.com 2009 Compensation and Employment Survey — CRNA.
A study into physician cost profiling, commonly used to decide which physicians are included in health plan networks, found that around 25 percent of physicians would be misclassified under systems currently used by plans to encourage patients to receive care…
Michael J. Parshall, a consultant in Schwenksville, Pa., reports the following developments for ophthalmology in ASCs.
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ASAP TODAY, an international group of more than 300 anesthesiologists, surgeons, economists and public health specialists, discussed how to resolve the global anesthesia crisis and raise the standards for surgical outcomes around the world at its 3rd annual meeting recently…