A three-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not required under the Freedom of Information Act to provide Medicare claims data to a private company,…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced corrections to the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule that includes changes to the Medicare anesthesia conversion factor, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2010, according to a news release from the…
Peter Colquhoun, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist at Southwest Michigan Eye Center in Battle Creek, Mich., and physician-owner of Brookside Surgery Center, also in Battle Creek, discusses four opportunities for ophthalmology in ASCs.
Cardiologist Sean Denney, MD, spokesman for a group of 40 physicians planning an investor-owned hospital in Kearney, Neb., defended the project against attacks from unidentified sources and from officials at nearby Good Samaritan Hospital, according to a report by the…
A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report predicting the fastest growing jobs in the next 10 years shows that seven of the top 15 are in healthcare.
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Olean (Pa.) General Hospital, which recently merged with Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center to form Upper Allegheny Health System, announced that it plans to build a surgery center on its campus, according to a report by the Olean Times Herald.
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South St. Louis (Mo.) Orthopedic Group has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle Medicaid and Medicare fraud charges related to services provided by a podiatrist at the clinic, according to a report in the St. Louis Business Journal.