In 2008, 30,000 hip arthroscopy procedures were performed, and that number is expected to grow 15 percent by 2013, according to a Millennium Research Group news release.
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A U.S. District Court rejected a challenge brought by a group of cardiologists, surgeons and physician-owned entities, which claimed that a change in CMS's self-referral rules could hurt patient care, according to a report in American Medical News.
Eleven people, including the owner of a healthcare clinic in Bronx, N.Y., have been charged with enterprise corruption for their roles in a $1 million insurance fraud scheme, according to a report in the New York Daily News.
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Physician Hospitals of America has released a statement saying that a deal made by the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and Catholic Health Association with the White House and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to reduce Medicare…
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