Bridgewater, N.J.-based Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to the U.S. government and certain states to settle allegations that it provided kickbacks to physicians in order entice the physicians to write prescriptions for the painkiller Kadian, both for…
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In a letter to members of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, President Alexander Hannenberg said the ASA leadership is encouraging its members to speak out against the current healthcare reform bills and reconciliation bill, due to a “closed, flawed process”…
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A study into physician cost profiling, commonly used to decide which physicians are included in health plan networks, found that around 25 percent of physicians would be misclassified under systems currently used by plans to encourage patients to receive care…
Michael J. Parshall, a consultant in Schwenksville, Pa., reports the following developments for ophthalmology in ASCs.
ProScan Imaging delivers professional diagnostic imaging services through a multi-state network of 25 imaging centers, teleradiology services and a medical imaging education foundation.
ASAP TODAY, an international group of more than 300 anesthesiologists, surgeons, economists and public health specialists, discussed how to resolve the global anesthesia crisis and raise the standards for surgical outcomes around the world at its 3rd annual meeting recently…
High-definition endoscopes and a new video processing system are helping gastroenterologists get a more accurate view during colonoscopies and upper-endoscopy procedures at Utah's Logan Regional Hospital, according to an article in the Cache Valley Daily.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized drug maker APP to reintroduce Fresenius Propoven 1% (1 percent propofol) to the U.S. market in order to help ease the ongoing propofol injection shortage, according to a letter from APP.
A study from researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, published in The Journal of Urology, found that patients who underwent gastric bypass procedures were more likely to develop kidney stones after the procedure than patients who did not due to…