In May, Christine A. Varney, the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed the American Bar Association/American Health Lawyers Association Antitrust in Healthcare Conference, where she discussed healthcare antitrust enforcement and competition policy,…
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Heart device manufacturer St. Jude Medical, Parma (Ohio) Community General Hospital and Norton Healthcare, in Louisville, Ky., have agreed to pay the U.S. $3.9 million to settle false claims allegations that St. Jude paid kickbacks to two hospitals to obtain…
Congress has extended the generous Cobra subsidies for the uninsured four times since they were implemented in February 2009, but Congress failed to pass a fifth extension before the last extension ran out on June 1, according to a report…
The Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health reform law is a promising way to preserve the Medicare program and halt skyrocketing medical inflation, but it may not elicit its expected savings and may drive physicians away from Medicare,…
A new AMA survey has found that 17 percent of physicians are limiting the number of Medicare patients in their practices, partly due to the on-and-off-again possibility that their Medicare fees would drop by 21.3 percent, according to a release…
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A judge has ordered Tuomey Hospital in Sumter, S.C., part of Tuomey Health System, to pay nearly $45 million for violating the Stark Act, according to The Item of Sumter.
Propofol injection is commonly used by ASCs and other healthcare providers because it is a quick acting sedative. Use of the drug has risen especially in gastroenterology, where it can provide an additional level of comfort for patients undergoing colonoscopy.…
Amy Mowles is president and CEO of Mowles Medical Practice Management.Q: I've been reading about the propofol recall and shortage. What might this mean for my ASC?
A social worker and two case workers at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar, Calif., are being investigated by Los Angeles County officials in response to allegations that they accepted gifts from nursing home operators in exchange for discharging Medicare…
A federal lawsuit is being filed against the health reform law's ban on new physician-owned hospitals and expansions of existing facilities, according to a release by Physician Hospitals of America, a co-plaintiff.