Providers should brace for more Medicare and Medicaid payment suspensions based on a credible allegation of fraud. CMS and state Medicaid agencies may block payments to large swaths of providers in one fell swoop, which happened in the nation’s capital this spring, and impose suspensions on a...
Once-daily tedizolid is not inferior and has a similar adverse effect profile to twice-daily linezolid in the treatment of acute bacterial skin infections and skin-structure infections, according to results from a phase 3 study called the TR-701 FA vs Linezolid for the Treatment of Acute...
IL Podiatrist Discusses President’s Foot Condition
Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, rebase in Ireland | Reuters.
Startup launches ‘first wearable health record’ for Google Glass
A short controlled ankle movement (CAM) walker boot may be a better rehabilitative tool than a rigid post-operative sandal or standard athletic shoe for patients treated for fractures of the fifth metatarsal base, a new study has found. The study involved 20 people with no recent history of foot...
An analysis of four Medicare accountable care organizations (ACOs) has found that surgeons are largely absent from the executive committees of these organizations. The analysis, published in the journal Health Affairs, included a survey of early Medicare ACOs that were operating in 2012 as well as...
Lift, Drill, Fill and Fix (LDFF): A New Arthroscopic Treatment for Talar Osteochondral Defects
Valeant – Valeant Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Approval Of Jublia® for the Treatment of Onychomycosis.
Smith & Nephew in Play as Device Makers Combine: Real M&A – Bloomberg.
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