Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Health Services has filed a lawsuit accusing its former CEO of making illegal payment arrangements with physicians and draining a $38 million endowment fund to hide operating losses, according to a report from The Republic. OVHS…
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"Ultrasound promotes efficiency, it's safe, it saves time and money and it can be used as an ancillary revenue stream for the practice," says Ben DuBois, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Grossmont Orthopaedic Medical Group in La Mesa, Calif. He…
New research shows that nutritional supplements could decrease the risk of spine or joint fractures from vitamin D deficiency, according to a release from Top Doctors Labs.
Johnson & Johnson has set aside a reserve related to the federal investigation of its sales and marketing practices for Risperdal, an antipsychotic drug that is one of the healthcare giant’s largest sellers, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. The…
Florida's Sarasota County Commission is rethinking legislation to manage painkiller abuse, suggesting the recently passed state legislation may be sufficient, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
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A Maine bill to manage painkiller prescriptions went before the legislature's Health and Human Services Committee on Monday, but faces opposition, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
Wright Medical Group has launched the INBONE II Total Ankle Replacement System, an addition to its INBONE Ankle System, according to a release by the company.
Minimally invasive surgery procedures may reduce hospital-acquired infections, driving the MIS industry and reducing hospital costs, according to a report by healthcare market research firm Kalorama Information. Forty percent of HAIs from hysterectomy, appendectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy occurred within 30…
University Health System in San Antonio increased its healthcare worker flu vaccination rates from 59 percent in 2009 to 77 percent in 2010, according to a Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America news release.
A survey by the American Osteopathic Association found almost 85 percent of Washington residents say they or someone they care for have experienced pain in the past 30 days, according to a news release.