Legal & Regulatory Issues

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center physicians are leading the way in researching early intervention of Alzheimer's, according to an article published in Chicago Magazine.

Clifford Gevirtz, MD, is employed by RAA of New York and practices anesthesiology throughout New York and Long Island, N.Y. RAA is managed by Somnia.   Q: As a practicing consultant pharmacist to ambulatory surgery centers, I am often asked…

A federal panel will meet today to discuss concerns over the use of anesthesia in young children, according to a New York Times report.

Lane Regional Medical Center in Zachary, La., a hospital client of Quorum Health Resources, recently received the Pathway to Excellence honor from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, according to a QHR news release.

CVS Caremark has been sued for allegedly using confidential prescription information to promote specific medications, according to a Bloomberg report. The suit was filed by Arthur Steinberg of Richboro, Penn., and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund…

The U.S. Senate rejected a House-passed federal funding bill, with just one week left before the current stopgap measure ends and the government would have to shut down, according to a report by AHA News Now.

The proposed Pennsylvania budget for 2010-2011, introduced earlier this week by Governor Tom Corbett, would cut Medicaid payments to healthcare providers in the state by $333 million, according to the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania.

The Florida Senate has approved legislation that would allow voters to decide whether or not to require an individual mandate for health insurance coverage, according to a Miami Herald report.

Two more House Democrats have signed onto a Republican bill to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, according to a report by The Hill. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) join several other House Democrats who registered…

Traumatic spinal cord injury is more common in patients receiving sedation or general anesthesia and in patients who are unresponsive during the procedure, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.