The Washington State Department of Health has taken various disciplinary actions against healthcare providers who engaged in criminal activity — including fraud — or has withdrawn charges against them, according to a news release.
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The FDA said it plans to revoke approval of Menaflex, ReGen Biologics' knee implant, after a 2009 review found four New Jersey congressmen and the FDA commissioner had improperly interceded in the approval process, according to a report by the…
Surgical Management Professionals has announced the naming of Michael Lipomi as its new president and CEO.
Construction of a new surgery center will soon begin on Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, according to a news release from Air Education and Training Command.
The GW Medical Faculty Associates, based in Washington. D.C., will convert part of a 120,000-square-foot building it has purchased into a surgery center, according to a report by the Washington Business Journal.
Ardis Hoven, MD, chair of the American Medical Association, has issued a response following the announcement of the formation of a new medical society, America's Medical Society, which was created, in part, to offer an alternative to physicians disenfranchised with…