The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has released new guidelines regarding the management of antithrombotic agents for endoscopy, aspirin and/or NSAIDs that say the agents may be continued for all elective endoscopic procedures, according to an ASGE news release.
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Here are the average annual salaries for ophthalmologists by region, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2009 AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reported that Manatee Hospitals and Health System has informed the insurer that it would terminate contracts for its two hospitals, effective Jan. 1, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
Here are the top 10 APCs for hospitals by volume along with the national average cost and national average charge for each APC, according the American Hospital Directory's analysis of the latest Medicare claims data.
Lawsuits by former employees of a number of medical device makers allege that the companies paid kickbacks to cardiologists in order to encourage the physicians to use their products in surgery for heart-rhythm defects, according to a report by the…
The Obama administration will direct almost $600 million from the federal stimulus bill to community health centers and to subsidies for electronic medical records, according to a report by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
In a letter to David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health information technology, the Medical Group Management Association sent a series of recommendations aimed at improving the electronic health record incentive programs mandated as part of the American Recovery and…
Executives from Massachusetts' leading health insurers, including Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, refused to answer questions by state regulators about their reimbursement practices, according to a report by the Boston Globe.