The American Society of Anesthesiologists launches a campaign to urge the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to rescind a proposal to allow certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice interventional pain management.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined more than 100 other medical groups urging Congress to act against the pending Budget Control Act sequestration and Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate payment cuts.
CMS regulators say Fairview Health Services' billing and collection tactics with Accretive Health violated federal patient protection laws, meaning the system could potentially be excluded from Medicare and Medicaid, according to a Minneapolis Star Tribune report.
An investigation has found HHS Secretary Kathleeen Sebelius broke a federal law when she promoted President Barack Obama's re-election in a speech she delivered in February.
The FDA has issued a recall on the I-Flow ON-Q Pump with ONDEMAND bolus button, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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The former executive director of Oakland, Calif.-based Oak Valley Hospital Foundation is suing the public hospital district and its former CEO, claiming she was fired for political activities that she participated in on her own time, according to a Modesto…
A former employee from All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., claims the hospital overpaid its physicians in violation of anti-kickback laws, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.
Despite the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act two months ago, a cloud of uncertainty has hung over the healthcare industry, as major players have tried to read the tea leaves and determine what…
The pending merger between St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance and 36-hospital Tulsa, Okla.-based Marian Health System is likely to face elaborate antitrust scrutiny given the breadth of the transaction, according to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report.
For-profit and non-profit hospitals in Florida are challenging a 1992 rule used to approve trauma centers in court, according to a News-Press report.