The Maryland Court of Appeals has upheld the state's $812,500 limit on malpractice awards for pain and suffering, overturning a lower court's award of a higher amount, according to a report by the Baltimore Business Journal.
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National Public Radio aired a segment featuring ASCs on its financial analysis program Marketplace on Jan. 12, which discussed how the ASC industry is viewed from various perspectives, according to the ASC Association.
A federal grand jury has indicted Lillian Pagkaliwangan and Raymundo Arellano, who are married, of Lakeland, Fla., with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report in Tampa Bay Business Journal.
The decision by the Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville, Calif., to stop performing eye surgery in its ambulatory services department met with public outcry against the decision at a recent meeting with the hospital's Board of Directors, according to…
Key Congressional Democrats, along with Pres. Obama, held a nearly day-long session yesterday to negotiate a joint healthcare reform legislation package with the aim of submitting a final plan to the Congressional Budget Office early next week. Negotiations are expected…
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A CBS News poll finds that 36 percent of Americans approve of President Obama's handling of healthcare and 42 percent disapprove, which is a new low, according to a release from CBS.
Some gynecologists in the Columbus area are dropping Medicare patients due to low payments, according to a report by the Columbus Dispatch.
In a lawsuit against Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, six physician-investors in a failed hospital assert that Hermann drove it out of business by threatening to change reimbursement rates with private payors that contracted with the new hospital, according…
The Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Md., will collaborate in research, education and patient care with the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.
Baptist Hospital West in Knoxville, Tenn., has opened a $15 million outpatient surgery center, according to a report by the News Sentinel.