The Pennsylvania Insurance Department plans to investigate four Blue Cross Blue Shield companies that operate within the state to determine if they participated in any unfair or anticompetitive trade practices, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Florida Department of Health dismissed a complaint against Thomas Rodenberg, MD, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who was the anesthesiologist handling the care of a man who was paralyzed after outpatient surgery, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Lawsuits by former employees of a number of medical device makers allege that the companies paid kickbacks to cardiologists in order to encourage the physicians to use their products in surgery for heart-rhythm defects, according to a report by the…
Boston Medical Center has filed a lawsuit against the state of Massachusetts, alleging that the state illegally cut Medicaid payments to the hospital, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
Teva Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling lots 31305429B and 31305430B of anesthetic propofol after incidents of febrile reactions among patients undergoing endoscopy in the United States, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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Khashayar Salartash, MD, of Linwood, N.J.; his office manager, Farah Iranipour Houtan of Egg Harbor Township, N.J.; and the treatment center owned by Dr. Salartash, The Center for Lymphatic Disorders, were indicted on charges they defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and private…
San Ramon, Calif.-based Endoscopic Technologies, which manufactures devices for surgical ablation, agreed to pay a $1.4 million to settle claims that the company took part in false marketing, encouraged false Medicare claims and paid kickbacks to healthcare providers, according to…
Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a 1,000-page healthcare reform bill, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Joe Roach, CEO of Martinsville (Va.) Memorial Hospital, agrees that U.S. healthcare needs to be reformed, but fears the consequences of a government-run healthcare program, according to a report in the Martinsville Bulletin.
A Superior Court judge ruled not to dismiss a suit between the Portsmouth, N.H.-based Foundation for Seacoast Health and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA over the ownership of Portsmouth Regional Hospital, and the case will now go to trial in September, according…