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MEDISISS, a single-use device reprocessor, has announced the launching of its "Accreditation Compliance Package," a reprocessing tool the company said is designed to deliver all pertinent documentation required in credentialing agency surveys and inspections.
CMS has rescinded its decision to stop coverage of outpatient surgeries for Medicare and Medi-Cal patients at St. Joseph's Surgery Center in Stockton, Calif.
St. John's Mercy Health Care and St. John's Health System, both based in St. Louis, have agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle allegations that foot clinics at St. John's hospitals overbilled Medicare, according to a News-Leaders news report.
Access MediQuip, one of the largest providers of surgical implant management solutions, has announced an agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas for Access MediQuip to provide implant surgical management services to the member of BCBSTX.
Computerized analysis of facial structure can classify patients for whom intubation might be difficult, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A Glendale, Calif., internist's medical license has been revoked by the Medical Board of California for helping another physician commit fraud and lacking remorse for her actions, according to a Glendale News Press report.
Anesthesiologists trained before 1980 were significantly more likely to order at least one unnecessary test, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
The assets of an ophthalmologist from South Bend, Ind., who was accused of healthcare fraud, have been distributed after a murder-suicide following his indictment, according to a news report from the Greenfield Reporter.
A Jackson, N.J., psychiatrist and medical director of the now-defunct Chambers Mental Health Clinic was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay almost $50,000 in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud the Medicaid and…