Forty-four Democratic senators are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce a bill that would extend enhanced Medicaid funding to the states after the end of the year, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, on Long Island, N.Y., has agreed to pay $2.92 million plus interest to settle allegations that the hospital inflated charges to obtain supplemental outlier payments.
Nashville, Tenn.-based ASC operator AmSurg reported a 10-percent increase in revenue and a nearly 8-percent increase in net earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, adding eight new centers during the three-month period.
Central New York Eye Physicians and Hudson Valley Family Practice have agreed to merge with Mid-Hudson Medical Group in Fishkill, N.Y., according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have announced an initiative designed to accelerate the process from scientific breakthrough to the availability of new, innovative medical therapies for patients, according to an FDA news release.
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The Shavano Park (Texas) City Council has approved a plan by First Surgical Partners to develop an ASC in the city, according to a report by SA Communities.
B. Braun Medical has announced that its Infusion Pumps, DoseTrac Infusion Management Software and DoseLink Interfaces have successfully completed key portions of the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel, a federally-recognized Interoperability Specifications test, according to a B. Braun news release.
A practice assistant in the ENT Department at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is pleading guilty to embezzling more than $1 million from the hospital, according to a release from the FBI.
With an automatic 21.2 percent Medicare fee cut looming next Monday, the AMA is showing members how to opt out of Medicare's set reimbursements and become a "non-participating" physician, according to a report on the AMA Web site.
Atlanta-based Implantable Provider Group has signed a significant agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to be its designated implantable device management vendor for its extensive provider network, which serves more than four million members in the state,…