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Medline Industries, a healthcare supplier based in Mundelein, Ill., has acquired the assets of O'Mara Scientific, a Grandville, Mich.-based distribution company, according to a news release.

The Advanced Medical Technology Association, or AdvaMed, spent over $358,000 to lobby the federal government in the third quarter of 2010, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

Seven hospitals have agreed to pay the United States more than $6.3 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare related to kyphoplasty procedures performed between 2000 and 2008, according to a U.S. Department of Justice release.

The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives has scheduled a vote to repeal the healthcare reform law on Jan. 12, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Health Wire.

Here are 10 statistics on average physician retirement benefits, based on medical specialty, according to data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.

Hospitals are invited to submit data to the American Hospital Association's RACTrac survey by Jan. 14 on the impact of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractor program and to attend a Jan. 5 webinar about the survey, according to a report by…

William Blair & Co. analyst has predicted that 2011 will be a difficult year for orthopedic device makers but a better year than 2010, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.

When Larry Teuber, MD, talks about vendor representatives entering ambulatory surgery centers, his voice rises like a father talking about the undesirable boyfriend of his teenage daughter. He says that's a fitting analogy, because in his view, vendor reps only…

Brian Lemper, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management physician from Las Vegas, has paid the federal government $1.25 million to settle allegations by the Department of Justice that he bilked federal healthcare programs, according to a Las Vegas Sun news…

Melody McClintock, a former nurse who worked for Lee Memorial Health System in Florida and pleaded guilty to stealing more than $600,000 from the health system, has entered into a plea agreement, according to a Sun Times news report.