Rejecting Republicans' call for a fresh start on health reform legislation, President Obama is asking Congress for a final vote within weeks to reconcile separate bills already passed by the House and Senate, according to a report by the New…
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A new study comparing Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), a more established procedure for cornea transplant, suggests that potential long-term benefits of DSAEK might outweigh initially greater cell loss, according to a press release on…
Democrats' new push to pass their health reform legislation is reigniting concerns that Congress could ban any new growth of physician-owned hospitals.
UAB Health System's Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., has named Brian Spraberry as its new president and chief executive officer, according to a release from UAB Health System.
All businesses, and particularly those in healthcare, have their share of computer and technology issues. Many of those issues are either user-caused or user-enabled. One of the primary reasons behind this is the lack of a formal policy governing employee…
President Don Mordecai and Government Relations Chairman Victor Long of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists spoke out against a controversial bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit certified registered nurse anesthetists from providing certain injections for patients with…
A new report from the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found that private spending per member for healthcare was up 15.5 percent from 2006-2008, or 7.5 percent annually. Over 75 percent of this growth occurred in hospital…
Windsor Dennis, MD, a New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing the federal government and has agreed to pay $750,000 in restitution, according to a report by WXVT News.
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina has set aside $20,000 to fund colorectal cancer screenings for uninsured patients through the South Carolina Gastroenterology Association and the University of South Carolina's Cancer Research Center, according to a news release from S.C. BlueCross.
Amblitel, a full-service back office, business intelligence and consulting company for ambulatory surgery centers, has launched, according to an Amblitel news release.