The number of healthcare workers who are members of unions or covered by a collective bargaining agreement has increased to nearly 1 million in 2009, or approximately 12.9 percent of non-physician healthcare workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, Ohio, has added two capsule diagnostic tools to investigate gastrointestinal problems, according to a report in the Newark Advocate.
Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs, Conn., has agreed to pay $191,193 to resolve allegations that it improperly billed Medicare between 2000 and 2005, according to a report by the Hartford Courant.
Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., has added gastroenterologist Ceffrey Goldstein, MD, to its medical staff, according to a report in the Democrat and Chronicle.
Eon Labs, a subsidiary of Sandoz, which is in turn a subsidiary of Novartis AG, has agreed to pay $3.5 million to the federal government to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicaid involving the company's Nitroglycerin Sustained…
Fernando Bermudez, MD (Eastside Endoscopy Center, St. Clair Shores, Mich.) — Dr. Bermudez is currently the medical director and a member of the board at Eastside Endoscopy Center and a physician with G.I. Medicine Associates, both located in St. Clair…
Over the last several years, there has been no area of medicine where the government has launched more investigations, whether false claims, anti kickback or Stark, than in the cardiovascular area. This makes sense when you realize that the government…
CMS is proposing to raise payments Medicare Advantage payments insurers by 1.38 percent next year, according to a CMS release.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced 12 recipients of the 2010 "Heroes of Infection Prevention" Award, according to an APIC news release.
Surgeons who perform high volumes of minimally invasive procedures report suffering various types of pain, from eye strain to hand, leg, shoulder and back pain, according to a survey of surgeons conducted by the University of Maryland School of Medicine…