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Tri-City Healthcare District is partnering with Surgical Care Affiliates at its North Coast Surgery Center in Oceanside, Calif., according to a news release.
Suresh Chand, of Warren, Mich., was sentenced to 81 months in prison and was ordered to pay $9.77 million in restitution, jointly with co-defendants, for his role in an $18 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Justice Department…
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Alpharetta, Ga.-based EndoChoice, a designer and seller of gastrointestinal endoscopy products, has purchased Atlanta-based Pathworks Anatomic Pathology Laboratory, according to a report in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has initiated testing for Version 5010 implementation policy, which is part of the Health Insurance Reform modifications to HIPAA, according to a report by the American Academy of Professional Coders.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced Mary Andrus, BA, RN, CIC, of Gainesville, Ga., as the 2010 recipient of the Elaine Larson Lectureship Award, according to an APIC news release.
A study from researchers at the University of Toronto found that for every 1 percent increase in colonoscopy incidence, colon cancer death risk dropped 3 percent, according to a report from Reuters Health.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed five new regional directors of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to an HHS news release.