With only a week left before a 21.3 percent fee cut goes into effect, the Democratic leadership in Congress is proposing a three-year fix that would pay primary care physicians more than specialists for the first time, according to a…
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RegionalCare Hospital Partners has acquired 150-bed Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio, according to the Wilmington News Journal.
Ross Alexander, MBA, administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), shares four approaches his ASC takes to ensure effective working relationships with its anesthesiologists.
Researchers at the Syracuse (N.Y.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center found that the postpolypectomy bleeding rate is significantly higher in patients on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy with concomitant aspirin/NSAIDs, but that the risk is small and the outcome is favorable, according to…
St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho, is planning to build a new ASC in its hometown, according to the Times-News.
The National Institutes of Health have released new rules for medical researchers seeking federal funding aimed at increasing transparency when it comes to relationships and conflicts of interests related to the drug and medical device industry, according to a report…
Arizona Heart Institute, a physician-owned cardiology group based in Phoenix, has signed a letter of intent to merge with Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, which operates the five-hospital Abrazo Health Care system, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.
Best Care Home Health Services in Minneapolis is currently under investigation on suspicion it overbilled the government and other insurers for home healthcare services as well as for lead tests performed for Hennepin County, according to a report from KARE…
The Hillsborough County (Fla.) Board of County Commissioners voted 7-0 in support of licensing pain management clinics in the region after the Sheriff's Office warned of a pattern of illegal drug abuse linked to clinics in the area, according to…
Today, May 21, is the last day for gastroenterologists and other specialists to share their thoughts on what they have done to address the pending 21.3 percent pay cut to the physician fee schedule proposed by the Centers for Medicare…