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Premier Medical Plaza in High Point, N.C., which will feature a wide variety of outpatient services, is nearing completion, according to a report in the High Point Enterprise.
Honolulu-based Cellular Bioengineering has received state approval to build a surgery center that will specialize in eye surgery and cornea transplants, according to a report in the Pacific Business Journal.
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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to cancel the planned 21.2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians for 2010 and replace the sustainable growth rate formula that produced it, according to MedScape.
In an interview, Nicholas Wolter, MD, CEO of the Billings (Mont.) Clinic and a former commissioner of Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, said reducing healthcare costs will be crucial for health reform, according to a report by KULR TV in Billings.
Temporary federal subsidies that have been underwriting COBRA health insurance coverage for the unemployed are due to expire within weeks, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.
The U.S. Department of Justice secured $2.4 billion in settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud against the government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, according to a DOJ news release.
St. Joseph Mercy Health System is opening an outpatient surgery and cancer center at St. Joseph Mercy Canton (Mich.) Health Center, according to a report by Crain's Detroit Business.
Detroit resident Jaquita Lovelace and Miami resident Timothy Pierce have pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Detroit to participating in conspiracies to defraud the Medicare program, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.