Qualitest issued a voluntary recall for 101 lots of hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets because some tablets could contain higher doses than marked and result in patient liver toxicity, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a conservative economist and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, said states failing to establish their own health insurance exchanges could be one of the first steps toward "European-style, single-payor healthcare," according to his op-ed in the…
A bill passed by Michigan's Senate yesterday would allow healthcare providers to use standards of "moral objection" or "matter of conscience" to decline the provision of services they object to, according to a Detroit Free Press report.
Programs that allow physicians to disclose medical errors, apologize to patients and offer compensation are considered a central strategy in medical malpractice reform, but a new study published in Health Affairs has identified some caveats in the concept of compensating…
The Internal Revenue Service has released a final rule on the 2.3 percent excise tax on sales of certain medical devices, effective Jan. 1.
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Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center announced the New Jersey Appellate Division upheld HackensackUMC's certificate of need for Pascack Valley Hospital in Westwood, N.J.
Seventy-five percent of physicians say they practice defensive medicine, and most do so to avoid being named in potential malpractice lawsuits, according to a new survey from Jackson Healthcare.
The Federal Trade Commission approved a final order yesterday that releases 10 cardiologists from noncompete agreements with Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev., according to a Reno Gazette-Journal report.
The Justice Department recovered $4.9 billion in settlements and judgments from False Claims Act cases in fiscal year 2012, setting a new record for healthcare fraud recoveries.
St. Luke's Health System in Boise, Idaho, has responded to an antitrust lawsuit filed by crosstown providers, arguing that its acquisition of a medical group will help competition in the market, according to an Idaho Statesman report.