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The owner of a fraudulent physical therapy company in Lakeland, Fla., has pled guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. Jorge Zamora, owner of Dynamic Therapy, pled…

Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed an agreement with TIDI Products for medical surgical protective apparel.

The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has awarded Morris (Ill.) Hospital and Healthcare Centers with full accreditation, according to a report from the Morris Daily Herald.

In the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings, the CDC identifies 15 self-reported factors for poor adherence with hand hygiene.

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce HealthCare Appraisers has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held…

The Sheridan County (Wyo.) Chamber of Commerce has profiled the Sheridan Surgery Center in a "Featured Member of the Month" column.

Penn State-Hershey (Pa.) Health System has implemented a wide range of policies to combat the July effect, despite some skepticism in the validity of the phenomenon, according to a Patriot-News report.

St. Jude Medical has received FDA clearance for its Epiducer neurostimulation lead delivery system for pain management, according to a company news release.

A new study links a dominant posture to better tolerance of pain and a submissive posture to higher pain sensitivity, according to report by PsychCentral.

Emily Birkholz, MD, an ophthalmologist, has joined Ophthalmology Associates of Mankato, Minn., according to a report by the St. James Plaindealer.