Daniel Levinson, inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about fraud, error, waste and abuse in state and federal health programs.
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CMS' announced proposed fiscal 2010 payment rates that, if adopted, would result in a net one-half percent average cut to 3,5000 acute care hospitals and 400 long-term care hospitals, beginning Oct. 1, 2009, was not viewed fondly by the American…
In a three-page letter delivered to Pres. Obama, 25 national healthcare, civil rights and legal organizations urged the president to address growing health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.
Synthes, maker of the ProDisc artificial spinal disk, has settled an inquiry by the New Jersey attorney general, which accused the device maker of failing to disclose financial conflicts of interest for doctors researching its products, according to a report…
Senators John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.V.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) introduced The National Health Care Quality Act, which calls for the creation of a new healthcare quality improvement office within the Executive Branch, according to…
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The Food and Drug Administration has approved the availability of Medtronic's Attain Ability left-heart lead for use with cardiac resynchronization therapy devices for heart failure patients, according to a Medtronic news release.
Mark Sechrist, a healthcare executive with more than 20 years experience in healthcare operations for both hospitals and surgery centers, seeks an operations position following the closing of his current employer.
Researchers have found that the investigational anticoagulant rivaroxaban, given after knee surgery, showed significantly better efficacy and equivalent safety compared with enoxaparin, according to a report in MedPage Today.
South County Surgical Center in St. Louis announced that it has partnered with Surgical Care Affiliates, according to an SCA news release.
Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans agreed to pay $80 million to settle allegations that it defrauded Florida's Medicaid program, according to a report in Forbes.