Windsor Dennis, MD, a New Orleans-based orthopedic surgeon, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraudulently billing the federal government and has agreed to pay $750,000 in restitution, according to a report by WXVT News.
Uncategorized
Amblitel, a full-service back office, business intelligence and consulting company for ambulatory surgery centers, has launched, according to an Amblitel news release.
President Obama has signed a measure extending the federal subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums for laid-off workers through March 31, according to a report by the New York Labor Law & Employment Report.
President Obama will consider adopting four proposals Congressional Republicans suggested in last week's healthcare summit on the president's health reform legislation, according to a letter the White House sent Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress.
Following up on Congress' one-month extension of the Medicare physician fee-fix, a new measure in the Senate would further extend the fee fix as well as federal assistance for state Medicaid programs and COBRA coverage, according to a release by…
Advertisement
Plains Regional Medical Center, a 106-bed hospital in Clovis, N.M., has opened a multispecialty surgery center, according to CNJ Online.
Here are the top 50 ZIP Codes with the most physicians, according to a survey by SK&A, a Cegedim Company.
On Feb. 11, David Thoene, managing member of Medical Surgical Partners, presented a Webinar titled "Hospital-Doctor Joint Ventures: A Highly Efficient Physician-Engagement Tool" that highlighted reasons for and benefits of creating hospital-physician ASC joint ventures. Here he addresses two questions…
The U.S. Senate has voted to delay the 21 percent Medicare physician payment cut until April 1, according to a news release from the AMA. The House previously approved the 30 day push back.
Congress' inability to pass a Medicare physician fee fix before the March 1 deadline means that Stephen B. Reznicek, MD, a urologist in Cadillac, Mich., has had to start turning away many first-time, non-emergency Medicare patients.