Philips, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, unveiled augmented reality surgical navigation technology for open and minimally invasive spine surgery, according to techseen. Here are five insights:(Read More)
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Philips, headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, unveiled augmented reality surgical navigation technology for open and minimally invasive spine surgery, according to techseen. Here are five insights:(Read More)
The Florida House is considering a bill that would allow patients to stay at ambulatory surgery centers for up to 24 hours and make it possible for recovery care centers to keep patients up to 72 hours after surgery. Here are five things to know: (Read More HERE)
Aetna and Humana are calling off their $34 billion health care merger. A federal judge blocked the deal last month on antitrust grounds, siding with the Justice Department. Aetna said Tuesday it will pay Humana a $1 billion breakup fee. The deal’s end casts a pall over an even larger merger proposal between two health insurance giants. […]
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia blocked the proposed merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem and Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna, the New York Times reports. Here are six things to know: Read More: (HERE)
In September 2014, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published its audit of Tulare Regional Medical Center, an acute care hospital in California. In its findings, federal investigators determined the “hospital did not comply with Medicare billing requirements for all 10 of the outpatient surgery claims we […]
By Gerry Tuoti Wicked Local Newsbank Editor Max Bowen mbowen@wickedlocal.com THE ISSUE: New state regulations allow ambulatory surgery centers to expand. LOCAL IMPACT: The independent centers may perform certain surgeries for less money than hospital outpatient departments. Under the new regulations, patients could have more options. More patients in Massachusetts could soon have surgery outside […]
In a slew of recent orders, President Donald Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Colorado, to fill the Supreme Court position vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia last year. Here are five things to know about Judge Gorsuch:(Read More)
The U.S. Senate voted 51 to 48 on Jan. 12, 2017, to pass a budget resolution authorizing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal portions of the ACA, The Washington Post reports. Here’s what you should know. (Read More)
A recent Gallup poll found the majority of Americans want to either change or replace the ACA. Here are four statistics: 1. Forty-three percent of those polled want the government to keep the law in place, but make major changes. 2. Of those polled, 37 percent support a complete repeal of the ACA. 3. More […]
Even though Canonsburg, Pa.-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals agreed in October to pay $465 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into EpiPen, the company is still working on finalizing the settlement, Fortune reports. Here’s what you need to know. 1. The U.S. Justice Department and other agencies have not confirmed the settlement. 2. Mylan […]