Ehigiator O. Akhigbe, MD, of Silver Spring, Md., was convicted on charges he overcharged the Washington, D.C., Medicaid program $133,000 for office visits and surgeries he never performed, according to a report in the Washington Post.
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Tom Hejkal, MD, PhD, has been named McGaw Memorial Chairman of the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in Omaha, Neb., according to a UNMC news release.
A study in the Archives of Surgery found that morbidity and mortality were elevated among elderly patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, emphasizing the need for quality improvement initiatives in this population, according to a report by MedWire News.
Researchers from Duke University Medical Center found that by adding ethyl nitrite gas to the carbon dioxide used to inflate the surgical area during laparoscopy, blood flow and organ function was better preserved during noninvasive surgery, according to a Duke…
Terrence Hicks of Jackson, Mich., and Muhammed Al Mahdi and John Saunders, both of Detroit, pleaded guilty for their roles in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
The upcoming implementation of ICD-10 has been seen by many as a necessary update of a rapidly outdated system, whereas others feel that the changes are too sweeping to be enacted in only three years, according to a report in…
U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) has introduced an amendment to the Senate's healthcare reform bill that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of medical malpractice lawsuits, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal.
Efforts to reduce healthcare costs are at the top of a new list of the biggest issues for the health industry in 2010 from PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute, according to a release from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The profitability of ASCs across the country varies greatly, with some posting substantial profits while others suffer substantial losses. Industry reports estimate that roughly half of ASCs are just surviving, so it is more important than ever that ASC leaders…
To Brent Lambert, turning around a moneylosing surgery center is a simple matter. "If staffing costs are 40 percent of revenues, I know we can turn the center around," says Lambert, co-founder of ASCOA. "In money-losing centers, staffing is usually…