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The Office of Inspector General has announced $3.4 billion in new expected recoveries related to its investigations, audits and other probes, mostly related to Medicare and Medicaid, according to an OIG news release. These expected recoveries, which were announced in…

Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has launched its latest free, online game focused on the reprocessing of trays and scopes in the sterile processing…

U.S. Representatives Pete Sessions (R-Texas), John Larson (D-Conn.), Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 on Friday, according to an ASCA release.

The American Academy of Pediatrics says healthcare providers must assume responsibility for patient outcomes, identify and report errors and adverse events and disseminate proven patient safety interventions to prevent errors and eliminate avoidable harm to pediatric patients, according to an…

After the Florida legislature passed a statewide crackdown on pain clinics, Sarasota County commissioners considered further measures against pill mills, according to a report by Sarasota Patch.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that bars physicians from dispensing painkillers in their offices, imposes criminal penalties for physicians who overprescribe them, creates more standards for pain clinics and authorizes a prescription-drug monitoring database, according to a…

The former executive vice president and general counsel for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has been accused of embezzling $1.7 million from the facility, according to a Reuters report. Roosevelt Hairston Jr. allegedly hid the theft by creating shell companies, opening…

In a hearing, Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) criticized FDA delays for approving medical devices, saying they could drive device-makers to Europe and China, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance and to Parietex Optimized Composite mesh, a new version of the company's Parietex Composite mesh for open and laparoscopic ventral hernia repair, according to a release by Covidien.

Symbion, an owner and operator of short-stay surgical facilities headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., announced yesterday that it plans to issue an aggregate principal amount of $350 million of senior secured notes due 2016 in a private placement, in connection with…