The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons board of directors approved and released a clinical practice guideline recommending against vertebroplasty as a treatment for spinal fractures, according to an AAOS news release.
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Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center has been cited by CMS for failure to have the recommended amount of dantrolene in its ASC, according to a report by the San Bernardino County Sun.
New Jersey's Premier Orthopaedic Associates has opened a new ASC in Vineland, N.J., according to a report by The Daily Journal.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced it will focus on infection prevention breaches in outpatient settings during the ceremony for its International Infection Prevention Week.
In response to the growing incidence of healthcare fraud, Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ron Klein (D-Fla.) introduced a bipartisan Medicare fraud bill called the Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Enforcement and Prevention Act, and it has been passed in the…
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Three lawsuits have been filed against a radiology practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., a medical facility in Queens, N.Y., and a string of durable medical equipment supply companies and their attorneys, who allegedly operated a fraud scheme out of New York,…
Cranbury, N.J.-based Kos Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay more than $41 million to settle allegations that the pharmaceutical company violated anti-kickback laws and promoted off-label use of its cholesterol treatment drugs Advicor and Niaspan, according to a news release by…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, with the Office of the Inspector General of HHS, to establish a protocol for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual…
Marshall Steele, MD, CEO of Marshall | Steele and Matt Reigle, vice president of business development, recently presented a free webinar titled "Destination Orthopedic Centers: Healthcare Model for the Future" and answered many questions on the topic from participants.
Andrew Hayek is chair of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee and president and CEO of Surgical Care Affiliates. Q: What do you predict as the outcome of the November elections? Andrew Hayek: It appears that there is a lot…