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Shekhar Desai, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Brevard County, Fla., has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for accepting $70,000-$120,000 in consulting fees from DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, for services he never performed, according…

Thomas R. Forget, MD, is a neurosurgeon with St. Louis Spine Surgery Center in St. Louis.

Over the past five years, plastic surgeon Andrew Moore, MD, and a group of Lexington, Ky. surgeons have offered up their time one Sunday a month to provide free outpatient surgery to the area's uninsured. So far, they have treated…

The healthcare sector saw a significant decrease in the number of private equity transactions completed last year. Pitchbook (see: www.Pitchbook.com) reported that approximately 125 deals were completed where private equity funds invested in healthcare companies in 2009. This is down…

Rejecting Republicans' call for a fresh start on health reform legislation, President Obama is asking Congress for a final vote within weeks to reconcile separate bills already passed by the House and Senate, according to a report by the New…

A new study comparing Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (DSAEK) with penetrating keratoplasty (PKP), a more established procedure for cornea transplant, suggests that potential long-term benefits of DSAEK might outweigh initially greater cell loss, according to a press release on…

Democrats' new push to pass their health reform legislation is reigniting concerns that Congress could ban any new growth of physician-owned hospitals.

UAB Health System's Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., has named Brian Spraberry as its new president and chief executive officer, according to a release from UAB Health System.

All businesses, and particularly those in healthcare, have their share of computer and technology issues. Many of those issues are either user-caused or user-enabled. One of the primary reasons behind this is the lack of a formal policy governing employee…

A new report from the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy found that private spending per member for healthcare was up 15.5 percent from 2006-2008, or 7.5 percent annually. Over 75 percent of this growth occurred in hospital…