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TriMedx, a clinical engineering and technology asset management consulting firm, has announced the hiring of Tom Vorpahl as chief operating officer.

I. JOB SUMMARY: The Senior ASC Analyst supports the Sales and Operations team. This position acts as a liaison between Operations and Sales, assisting with sales strategy and communication and taking ownership of the business services assessment process.

Sandoz, the generics pharmaceutical division of pharmaceutical company Novartis, has agreed to pay the state of Idaho $1.65 million in a drug pricing lawsuit, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek news report.

A pharmacist from Lyndhurst, N.J., has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently billing the federal Medicaid program, according to a New Jersey Newsroom report.

Pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has lost a lawsuit in Louisiana that alleged the company made misleading claims about the safety of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal, ending in a $257.7 million loss for the pharmaceutical giant, according to a Bloomberg…

A former otolaryngologist from Merrillville, Ind., has entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors in which he will plead guilty to all counts of healthcare fraud and in return serve four years in prison, according to a Post-Tribune report.

Physicians Endoscopy has completed a dividend recapitalization, according to a news release from Silver Oak Services, which acquired PE in April 2008.

Editor's note: The following article by Kevin McDonald, VP of account management for SourceMedical, appeared in the Fall 2010 edition of SourceMedical's "Insider Source" magazine. In today's mature software environment, most ASCs know exactly what they are looking for in…

Lisa Austin, RN, CASC, vice president of ASC operations for Pinnacle III, says many ASCs make the critical mistake of not working effectively to reduce their supply costs. She describes some best practices to avoid such a predicament. Lisa Austin:…

GENASCIS, an ASC billing, revenue cycle management and data analytics firm, will present the results of a study of ASCs which revealed operational and financial best practices at the 17th Annual Improving Profitability, and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs…