David Daniel (Lakeland Surgical and Diagnostic Center, Lakeland, Fla.). Mr. Daniel is the CEO of Lakeland Surgical and Diagnostic Center, a large, independently-owned, freestanding, multi-specialty ASC that currently treats more than 19,000 patients annually, involving 32,500 procedures. LSCD opened in…
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a Web site for medical workers who wish to volunteer their services to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti, according to the HHS.
Carilion Clinic has reached an agreement with a group of Roanoke, Va., physicians to purchase the Center for Surgical Excellence in Roanoke, according to a report by the Roanoke Times.
New York Governor David Paterson is hoping to add tighter restrictions on medical device and pharmaceutical industry sales representatives' relationships with physicians to his proposed 2010-2011 budget, according to a report in the Massachusetts Medical Devices Journal.
Trinity Surgery Center in San Antonio, Texas, is set to break ground on a new state-of-the-art dental surgery facility that will provide care to special needs patients, according to a report in the San Antonio Business Journal.
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Lisset Lombera and Yamilet Cardenas, both of Miami-Dade County, were sentenced to prison and supervised release after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a Department of Justice news release.
The United States' civil False Claims Act suit against drug manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and two of its subsidiaries suggests increased scrutiny by the federal government in reviewing discount and rebate arrangements between drugmakers and healthcare providers, according to Kristian…
Marie E. Sinioris is president and CEO of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership.
Lobbying disclosure reports show that that the health insurance lobby increased spending by 24 percent in 2009, as Congress debated health reform legislation, according to The Hill.