The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a final rule that replaces the ICD-9-CM code set with ICD-10 code sets.
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the most stringent pre-market review process in approving high-risk medical devices, according to a GAO report.
Shortly after settling with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the nation’s second largest health insurer, Minneapolis-based UnitedHealth Group, agreed to pay $350 million to resolve a class action lawsuit with the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Medical Society,…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released uniform policies to prevent Medicare and its beneficiaries from paying for three so-called “never events” — serious, preventable errors, according to a CMS news release.
Resurrection Health Care, based in Chicago, and Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Ill., have agreed to settle class actions lawsuits brought on behalf of uninsured patients, according to a news release from Resurrection Health Care and a report…
Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will eliminate 300 jobs by the end of February, according to Business First of Columbus.
Harlingen, Texas, will be the site of a new $40 million surgery center for veterans in 2010, although some veterans say the surgery center does not replace the need for a veterans hospital, according to reports.
Fourteen radiology centers in Illinois that allegedly paid illegal kickbacks to doctors in exchange for referrals have agreed to pay a total of $1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, according to a news…
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. has acquired Minnesota Scientific (d/b/a Omni-Tract Surgical), according to an Integra LifeSciences news release.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has recommended that Congress should increase payment rates for ASC services in 2010 by 0.6 percent, according to a transcript of a public MedPAC meeting held Jan. 8.