Pleading guilty to misbranding one of its heart drugs, Johnson & Johnson’s Scios unit has agreed to pay an $85 million fine, according to a Bloomberg report. Scios was charged in July with misbranding its drug, Natrecor, one of the…
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The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has initiated a letter writing campaign to request changes to Proposal 163, the new personal injury protection regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI), according to Jeffrey…
Ansell Limited, a provider of protection solutions, has announced it has been recognized for the company's contribution through the Power of PINK Program to Susan G. Komen for the Cure in a personal letter from Komen Founder and CEO Nancy…
8 Problem Areas for ASCs in a Medicare Survey John J. Goehle, COO of Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies in Rochester and Albany, N.Y., is author of “The Survey Guide for ASCs – A Guide to the CMS Conditions for Coverage &…
HHS has closed the public's limited access to its National Practitioner Data Bank, which houses information about healthcare providers such as disciplinary action, according to a Kansas City Star report.
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In a trial of nearly 3,000 participants, researchers found 25 percent of participants mistakenly believed the FDA approves only drugs without serious side effects, and more than one-third mistakenly believed that the FDA approves only “extremely effective” drugs, according to…
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Children's Hospital, both in Boston, have formulated separate influenza vaccination policies for employees, according to a Boston Globe report.
Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced the launch of its latest free, online game focused on proper pouch packaging, according to a news…
Physicians and researchers are weighing the pros and cons of robotic surgical systems, as the popularity of such systems increases in facilities across the United States, according to a News-Leader report.
A new diagnostic method being developed in Sweden can help pinpoint the exact site of chronic pain in the body, according to an Ivanhoe report.