Medtronic will consolidate its businesses into two operating units, one for cardiac and vascular products and the other for spinal, diabetes and surgical technologies, according to a news release from Medtronic.
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A white paper by the Senior Center for Health and Security, a national organization based in Reston, Va., is endorsing physician-owned hospitals against proposals to "drive them completely out of existence," according to a release from Senior Center for Health…
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A physical therapist in Troy, Mich., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a scheme to bilk $1.6 million from Medicare, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) recently visited Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center in St. Charles, Ill., according to a report in the Daily Herald.
At Medtronic's annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bill Hawkins defended the company's payments to and collaborations with physicians, saying the partnerships advance medical technology, according to a report in the Star Tribune.
For the first time in the nation, a Web tool is showing the average price paid by health plans to different providers for common healthcare services, according to a release from the office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
The American Hospital Association released a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that suggests changes to the hospital outpatient proposed payment system and ASC rule, specifically its physician supervision and quality data reporting policies.