Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates before choosing a provider, according to a release by Gov. Doyle.
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Abdul Naushad, MD, his wife, their six pain management clinics and their billing company have agreed to pay $820,000 to resolve civil Medicare fraud allegations, according to an announcement by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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Bob Carter, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the division of neurosurgery at the University of California San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, according to a UCSD news release.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan after the Department of Justice informed the companies that it would file an antitrust lawsuit to block the acquisition, according to a DOJ news release.
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DePuy Orthopaedics, a division of Johnson & Johnson, is warning that its ASR hip implant has a high failure rate in some patients. This warning comes after the company announced last year it would phase out sales of the implant due to slowing sales, according to a report by the New York Times.
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The Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery has launched SMISS Highlights, an online series of CME-accredited, free education modules for spine surgeons, according to a SMISS news release.
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Stryker Corp. will feature two of its latest hip systems — the Rejuvenate Modular Primary Hip System and the ADM Mobile Bearing Acetabular System with X3 — at this year's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in New Orleans, March 9-13, according to a Stryker release.
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