In anticipation of an extensive state crackdown on pill mills, some Washington State clinics have stopped taking new pain patients on opiates and a few have even cut off current pain patients, according to a News Tribune report.
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More than three-quarters of medical devices in the most serious level of FDA recalls were originally cleared under the less rigorous FDA approval process or were considered so low-risk that they were exempt from review, according to an Archives of…
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with EOS Imaging for musculoskeletal radiographic systems, according to an Amerinet news release.
Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings, answers a question submitted by a reader in response to "10 Important Steps for Sterile Processing in a Surgery Center."
Federal and state regulators have increased scrutiny around false claims involving medically unnecessary services in recent years. Such claims are costly to Medicare, Medicaid and other payors, and providers are liable under the False Claims Act for these false billing…
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A Florida physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to sell three suitcases full of oxycodone on the black market to pay off stock losses as a day-trader, according to a Tampa Tribune report.
The NYU Langone Medical Center in New York is using palm scans to confirm patients' identities and locate their medical records, according to a CBS New York report.
The National Institutes of Health has issued rules on payments to physicians and other researchers by drug and device companies as a way to reduce conflicts of interest, according to a Washington Post report.
A new study finds exfoliation syndrome, an eye condition that can lead to glaucoma, is influenced by geographic factors such as ambient temperature, elevation and sunlight exposure, according to a Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary news release.
New research helps explain why men and women experience pain differently and have different reactions to some pain medications, according to a State University of New York Downstate news release.