The results from the first analysis of data in the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database, the world's largest dedicated repository of clinical bariatric surgery patient information, showed that Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence demonstrate a high level of safety, according to…
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Note: The following is reprinted from TASCS (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society) Update and was written by Bobby Hillert, executive director of TASCS. Please note that the information cited in this analysis sees frequent changes. The U.S. House and Senate…
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Fifty-three physicians, healthcare executives and beneficiaries have been indicted in Detroit-based Medicare fraud schemes, which are estimated to have cost Medicare $50 million, according to a Department of Health and Human Services news release.
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The Department of Justice has issued a subpoena to Medtronic for information about the company's relationship with Timothy Kuklo, MD, the St. Louis-based orthopedic surgeon accused of falsifying research involving Medtronic's bone growth product, Infuse, according to a report in…
B.E. Smith has announced new crisis management services for healthcare organizations, according to a B.E. Smith news release.
Seventeen nursing schools in Maryland will receive a combined $11 million in grants to improve technology and draw faculty and students to combat the state's nursing shortage, according to a report in the Baltimore Business Journal.
Eight Miami residents were indicted by the Department of Justice on charges that they were involved in two Medicare and Medicaid Advantage fraud schemes, according to a DOJ news release.