Houston physician Howard Grant, MD, and Houston residents Clinton Lee and Obisike Nwankwo were convicted by a federal jury for their roles in a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment, according to a news release by the…
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Metropolitan Medical Services of North Carolina and Spacelabs Healthcare have announced a distributorship that will allow MMS to sell the Spacelabs' BleaseSirius anesthesia delivery system in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and to certain accounts near Asheville, N.C., according to…
Margaret Childs of Las Vegas was sentenced by a judge to five years of probation and ordered to pay $15,300 in restitution after pleading guilty to failure to maintain adequate records, according to a report by the Las Vegas Sun.
A new AMA survey has found that 17 percent of physicians are limiting the number of Medicare patients in their practices, partly due to the on-and-off-again possibility that their Medicare fees would drop by 21.3 percent, according to a release…
States may be forced to slash Medicaid reimbursements yet more next year, after generous federal enhancements are due to end, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Obama Administration officials are working long hours preparing regulations for the 2,000-page healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Washington Post.
The president of Upper Allegheny Health System, the parent company of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital and Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, said Olean General plans to break ground on a $10.3 million surgery center in the fall, according to a…
Building a successful ASC requires prospective owners to contribute a great deal more upfront than a healthy dose of wishful thinking. It requires doing the advanced planning necessary to ensure the concept is not just viable, but sustainable.These activities run…
Building a successful ASC requires prospective owners to contribute a great deal more upfront than a healthy dose of wishful thinking. It requires doing the advanced planning necessary to ensure the concept is not just viable, but sustainable.These activities run…
Propofol injection is commonly used by ASCs and other healthcare providers because it is a quick acting sedative. Use of the drug has risen especially in gastroenterology, where it can provide an additional level of comfort for patients undergoing colonoscopy.…