Once again, on Thursday, physicians will face a huge cut in Medicare reimbursements resulting from Congress' failure to extend a short-term patch to delay implementing the sustainable growth rate formula.
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Patients with recurrent colon cancer in their liver experienced prolonged survival by nearly three years when liver metastases were treated using radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive treatment that applies heat directly in the tumor causing cancer cell death with minimal…
Construction is expected to begin in May for a new $45 million surgery and oncology center to complement services at Santa Monica (Calif.)-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital, according to a report in the Santa Monica Mirror.
B. Braun Medical has received two 2010 GHX Best in Class Awards for achieving the highest year-over-year market share growth for distributed products in the Solutions/Nutritionals and Kits, Packs and Trays product categories, according to a B. Braun news release.
1. More paying patients. Adding 32 million paying patients will save hospitals with high volumes of uninsured, such as Grady Health System in Atlanta. Health reform "should take some of the operational pressure and the near-death experience Grady faced in…
Allen Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Hill-Rom Holdings, has launched Allen Pinkfin Elite Stirrups to benefit breast cancer research, in partnership with Susan G. Koman for the Cure, according to an Allen news release
A 65 percent federal subsidy to enhance COBRA health insurance premiums for the newly unemployed will end on April 1 because the Senate failed to pass a bill extending it before Congress went into a two-week recess, according to Kaiser…
The Physician Sunshine Payment Act, part of the new health reform law, is expected to discourage payments to physicians from medical device and pharmaceutical companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health Blog.
While the new health reform law may seem threatening to many Americans, it is pure poison for physician-owned hospitals, which are being forced to drop plans for new hospitals and immediately halt expansion projects.Some 60 hospitals in planning have only…
Signature Medical Group, one of the largest physician owned medical practices in the St. Louis area, has added Gateway Gastroenterology, an eight-physician GI practice with two locations in St. Louis, according to a Signature Medical news release.