CMS has issued a final rule allowing states to create alternative benefits packages for certain Medicaid populations, according to the Federal Register.
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Florida’s two-hospital Wuesthoff Health System has signed a nonbinding agreement to be sold to an undisclosed buyer, according to a report by Florida Today. The health system has been dragged down by losses at its 115-bed Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne, according…
Speaking at the Health Information Technology Conference in Boston, David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, said federal dollars will be devoted to setting up grant programs to encourage students to enter IT careers in the healthcare industry should…
A study by researchers at Detroit's Henry Ford Hospital found that patients who took a pill that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for chronic constipation only need to drink half of the liquid previously required for…
Researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Base in Bethesda, Md., using a technique developed by Chicago-area physician Eugene Lipov, MD, have documented successful cases of treating combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder with a stellate ganglion block, according to a news release…
A new Missouri law will impose financial penalties on insurers in the state that take more than 45 days to pay claims to healthcare providers, according to a report by Bloomberg Business Week.
LifePoint Hospitals has agreed to acquire Gallatin, Tenn.-based Sumner Regional Health System for $145 million, according to a report by the Nashville Business Journal.
As The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act enters the implementation phase, politicians and health insurers are expected to battle over as to how new rules and regulations should roll out, according to a report in American Medical News.
Q: Can a physician code a consult regarding a patient he or she is seeing for facet injections — with the patient and the patient's orthopedist who is on the phone — just before he or she does these injections…
Becky Zigler-Otis (Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wis.). Ms. Zigler-Otis is the administrator of the ASC of Stevens Point, which opened in Aug. 2006. The two-OR freestanding, independent center offers surgical specialties including podiatry, orthopedics, general surgery,…