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"MedWatcher," a new iPhone application developed by researchers at Children's Hospital Boston (Mass.) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, allows users to track the latest drug safety updates and alerts from the Food and Drug Administration, according…

Two West Virginia internists have been sentenced to one year and one day of prison time after admitting to their involvement in a pill mill operating out of Justice Medical Complex in Kermit, W.V., according to a Herald-Dispatch report.

Sleep Solutions, a diagnostic services provider based in Glen Burnie, Md., has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle false claims allegations, according to a report by The Capital.

A Los Angeles internist has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to his involvement in a $15 million healthcare fraud scheme. He also faces the possibility of losing his medical license, according to an Orange County…

Countering claims by business groups, two new independent studies conclude the healthcare reform law would help a large number of small businesses, including physicians' offices, according to a report by the American Medical News.

Here are 10 current topics on orthopedic and spine-driven ASCs.

Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., discusses four ways the surgery center has expanded orthopedic practice at the surgery center.

Genascis CEO Ed Gallo is responsible for the company's roll-out of a single-source revenue cycle solution for ASCs, an initiative that Genascis says significantly reduces frustration with the revenue cycle and facilitates faster compensation for ASCs.

The number of insured Americans dropped in 2009 for the first time since the government began using comparable data in 1987, and several other measures hit new lows, according to a release by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The HHS' Office of Inspector General has issued an advisory opinion regarding a 50-50 partnership between a health system and a physician group, both in a position to refer business to one another, to develop an ambulatory care center. The…