The House Judiciary Committee voted to approve the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act (H.R. 3596), which would eliminate federal antitrust immunities available for health and medical liability insurers for price fixing, bid rigging and market allocation, according to a…
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Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is opposing legislation to permanently adjust the Medicare payment formula for physicians, saying it would cost nearly $250 billion over 10 years, according to a report by the New York Times.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha is planning on building a $20 million eye institute in two years to be named for Stanley M. Truhlsen, MD, a longtime UNMC eye specialist who provided a key donation for the…
First-year enrollment in both new and existing U.S. medical schools rose this year by 2 percent over 2008 to nearly 18,400 students, according to data released by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Wholesale costs increased 0.2 percent for hospitals and 0.1 percent for physician practices during the month of September, according to recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has acquired an interest in Surgical Elite of Avondale (Ariz.), a 15,273-square-foot multi-specialty ASC located near Phoenix, according to an ASCOA news release.
Omni Home Care, a home healthcare agency based in Evansville, Ind., and its parent corporation, Omni Home Health, have agreed to pay the federal government $1.97 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act between 2006 and…
An uncertain economy and an ongoing debate about healthcare reform present some challenges for developing new ASCs. Rob McCarville, principal for Medical Consulting Group, discusses some of these challenges.
New federal legislation to permanently eliminate planned yearly cuts in Medicare reimbursements for physicians may not have enough votes to pass Congress because it would raise healthcare costs — on paper, at least, according to a report by the New…
Merck & Co. paid doctors and other healthcare professionals a total of $3.7 million this summer to give talks to colleagues about its products and other health topics, according to a release from Merck.