A former cardiologist from St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., has lost his medical license due to allegations that he implanted hundreds of unnecessary heart stents in patients, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The Maryland Board of Physicians…
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The criminal trial of John R. McLean, MD, — a cardiologist accused of placing heart stents into hundreds of patients who didn’t need them — began yesterday in Baltimore’s U.S. District Court, according to a Baltimore Sun report. Dr. McLean…
A lack of effective cost sharing is the key reason Medicare utilization soars above private health insurance utilization, even when adjusting for age and health status, according to recent piece in the Wall Street Journal by Merrill Matthews, a resident…
Here is a list of the top 10 positions in hospitals and health systems with the greatest turnover rate from March 2010 to March 2011, according to SK&A's Hospital Providers on the Move report.
A three-year investigation has found three psychiatrists affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston violated conflict of interest rules, according to a Boston Globe report. Little detail is available on the specific nature of the violations…
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A bipartisan group of 61 House members signed a letter opposing recent Medicare imaging cuts proposed by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, according to an American Medical News report.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, becoming the first appellate court to rule on the healthcare reform law, according to a Washington Post report.
More than 100 state and medical societies, including the American Medical Association, sent a letter to the president, vice president and congressional leaders urging reform of the Medicare physician payment formula as part of any deficit-reduction plan, according to an…
The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued amendments to the July 2010 interim final rules that implemented a section of the Public Health Service Act regarding internal claims and appeals and external review of health plans.
Senate Bill 1131, known as the Fair Share Act, has passed through the Pennsylvania Senate and House and now awaits a signature from Gov. Tom Corbett, according to a news release from The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.