Part journalist, part historian, all shrewd political observer, Ron Brownstein, who will deliver a keynote at the 8th Annual Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference (June 2010, Chicago), explains with lucid precision the complexities of American politics. As…
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With nearly 30 years' experience, Joe Flower, who will deliver a keynote at the 8th Annual Orthopedics, Pain Management and Spine Driven ASC Conference (June 2010, Chicago), has emerged as the premier observer and thought leader on the deep forces…
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SpineLine, Medtronic's coding and reimbursement support line, receives thousands of queries each year, and Leigh Evans, MBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, the senior coding and reimbursement analyst at Medtronic, personally deals with many of them. Here Ms. Evans addresses three…
AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2009, reporting an increase in revenues of 11 percent, from $150.7 million in the third quarter of 2008 to $167.9 million, according to an AmSurg release.
St. Louis-based St. John's Mercy Health Care is building a $35 million facility to house its recently acquired St. Louis Cancer and Breast Institute, according to a report by the St. Louis Business Journal.
A bill to fix the automatic Medicare pay cut for physicians failed by a vote of 47-53 in the Senate, well short of the 60 votes needed to invoke cloture, according to a report by the Hill.
Twenty defendants, most of them Los Angeles residents, have been charged in seven cases for allegedly participating in Medicare fraud schemes involving durable medical equipment that resulted in more than $26 million in fraudulent bills to the Medicare program, according…
Six Houston area residents have been charged for their involvement in healthcare fraud schemes, which resulted in false claims being submitted to Medicare, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
A new treatment for Barrett's esophagus, a pre-cancerous condition associated with chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease, which may prevent esophageal cancer, was performed at Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center's physician surgery center, according to a report in the Longview News-Journal.