Alice Coombs, MD, of Sharon, Mass., an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at South Shore Hospital, has been named as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a report in The Boston Herald.
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The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and David Scott (D-Ga.).
Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria found that single-use paraffin earplugs were successful in reducing intraoperative awareness recall in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, according to an article in Minerva Anesthesiologica.
New provisions to crack down on fraud could help the federal government surpass the $2.9 billion in Medicare and Medicaid overpayments recovered last year, a 29 percent increase from the year before, according to a release from HHS.
Some Congressional leaders' hopes of finally passing a five-year Medicare physician fee fix could be dashed once again this month, as lawmakers prepare to avert a 21.3 percent fee cut on June 1, according to a report by The Hill.
GOP lawmakers are accusing Donald Berwick, MD, the nominee for CMS administrator, of endorsing healthcare rationing, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
AmkaiSolutions and Mavicor have announced an agreement under which the companies will work together to provide their range of products and services to ASCs, surgical hospitals and affiliated physician practices through a hosted service, according to an AmkaiSoultions news release.
Detroit-area resident Christopher Collins has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his role in a $14.5 million fraudulent Medicare home healthcare scheme, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
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