George Steven Kooshian, an AIDS physician based in La Quinta, Calif., was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal healthcare fraud charges for "subdosing" patients by administering doses of medicine that contained less than the…
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West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson, Tenn., is relocating its multispecialty ASC to the six-hospital system's new physicians office tower, according to a release from West Tennessee Healthcare.
Economic Research Institute reports the following estimated mean values for ophthalmologists' salaries.
Testimony has ended in a trial over the proposed sale of Hemet, Calif.-based Valley Health System to Physicians for Healthy Hospitals, which alleges that the physician group influenced appraisers in their evaluation of the hospital district's assets, according to a…
Brookside Surgery Center in Battle Creek, Mich., will host two seminars in March on partial knee replacement as part of their physician-led "Outpatient Outlook" seminars, according to a report in the Battle Creek Enquirer.
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Although a 21.2 percent physician fee cut is going into effect today, CMS has instructed Medicare contractors to hold claims for the first 10 business days to allow Congress time to pass a fee fix, according to a release by…
Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care and SavaSeniorCare Administrative Services and their principals, Leonard Grunstein, Murray Forman and Rubin Schron, have agreed to pay the United States and several states $14 million to settle allegations that the defendants solicited kickback payments from…
Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals during 2007 were done as outpatient procedures, according to a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Michael Behr, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Fayette, Ga., south of Atlanta, likes the convenience of walking directly into his own ASC after working over at the hospital.
1. Its very unlikely that President Obama gained any Republican votes through his most recent healthcare summit and efforts on healthcare reform. President Obama's more than seven hour healthcare summit yesterday most likely did not win over any Republicans in…