Research findings show 30-day readmission rates were approximately 25 percent higher for non-elderly Medicare patients than among Medicare patients 65 and over, according to a study conducted by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
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Rodney L. Plaster, MD, of Eastern Oklahoma Orthopedic Center in Tulsa was co-designer of a total knee replacement device called the Natural-Knee, which was updated three years ago, according to a report by the Tulsa World.
The U.S. attorney in Philadelphia is seeking prison terms for four Synthes executives who have pleaded guilty to promoting Norian XR bone cement without FDA approval, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A sampling of the street prices for one tablet of some commonly abused prescription painkillers reveals they cost as much as 13 times more on the street, according to a report by CNN Money.
An SK&A survey of 253,000 medical offices revealed that physicians moved location at a lower rate during the last year than in the previous three years, signaling career caution and economic uncertainty, according to an American Medical News report.
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A whistleblower’s complaint against Franklin, Tenn.-based IASIS Healthcare, which claimed the 19-hospital system paid kickbacks in exchange for referrals, has been dismissed by a federal judge in Arizona, according to a Nashville Business Journal report. U.S. District Judge Robert Clive…
A New York physician has been indicted for prescribing HIV medications to patients without the disease and billing Medicaid for the treatment, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Suresh Hemrajani, MD, has pleaded not guilty to grand larceny, healthcare…
Physicians at Mid-Atlantic Pain Institute in Newark, Del., have reached a higher calling, says Frank J.E. Falco, MD, a physiatrist and medical director of the five-physician practice. Rather than rely on coders, they are expected to do their own coding…
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons most recent census data for 2008, 44.3 percent of orthopedic surgeons were practicing in a private practice setting and 20.9 percent were in a solo practice. Only 6.7 percent of orthopedic surgeons…
Aidapak Services has announced it is conducting a nationwide voluntary recall of all repackaged pharmaceuticals after learning of the potential cross contamination of non-penicillin drug products repackaged in the same facility, according to a news release.