Ongoing concerns about the safety of vaginal mesh products have led to about 600 lawsuits so far against four major makers of the product, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.
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Steven T. Nguyen, MD, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, has joined the New England Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to an iBerkshires report.
The Medical Board of California is investigating charges that a Southern California physician withheld part of Demerol injections for pain patients and took them himself, according to a Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch report.
The Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the Kentucky Medical Association are warning that proposed training standards for optometrists to perform eye surgery are inadequate, according to a joint news release from the organizations.
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said the healthcare reform law's medical device tax, due to go into effect in 2013, could cut jobs in his state, according to a Medical Device Now report.
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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing, practice management and healthcare coding services company, recently appointed John A. Roberts as chief financial and administrative officer and Michael Youmans as senior vice president of sales and marketing, according to an AdvantEdge Healthcare…
A recent Trendwatch report, published by the American Hospital Association, draws attention to and expresses concern over unplanned readmissions related to initial admissions, stating “[hospitals] cannot influence the occurrence of unplanned, unrelated readmissions because they are not predictable or preventable.”…
A study of accidental ingestion of pharmaceutical drugs by children shows "the problem of pediatric poisoning in the U.S. is getting worse, not better," according to a Journal of Pediatrics release.
The owner of R&V Medical Supplies in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 66 months in prison due to a Medicare fraud and kickback scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. In June, Robert Saul pleaded guilty…
Thirteen representatives of New Jersey ambulatory surgery centers and the New Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Center Association traveled to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14 to lobby for support for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according…