Existing general surgery training programs have the capacity to expand their positions by 33 percent and address a growing shortage of surgeons, according to a survey by the American College of Surgeons.
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Danny Jackson, a former healthcare leader, will be honored by the Craven Regional Medical Center Foundation in New Bern, N.C., for his contribution to healthcare in the Craven area, according to a report from The Sun Journal.
Alice Coombs, MD, of Sharon, Mass., an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at South Shore Hospital, has been named as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a report in The Boston Herald.
The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and David Scott (D-Ga.).
Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria found that single-use paraffin earplugs were successful in reducing intraoperative awareness recall in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, according to an article in Minerva Anesthesiologica.
New provisions to crack down on fraud could help the federal government surpass the $2.9 billion in Medicare and Medicaid overpayments recovered last year, a 29 percent increase from the year before, according to a release from HHS.
Some Congressional leaders' hopes of finally passing a five-year Medicare physician fee fix could be dashed once again this month, as lawmakers prepare to avert a 21.3 percent fee cut on June 1, according to a report by The Hill.