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Political Wrangling, Formula Leaves Medicare in Limbo
A bill that would eliminate a 10.6 percent cut in doctors' fees for Medicare patients was filibustered on the Senate floor Thursday (June 26), leaving both Medicare patients and doctors up in the air over the plan while Congress began its midsummer break this week. The bill would increase Medicare payments to doctors by 1.1 percent next year, while keeping ...(More)
7/2/2008
Physician Hospitals of America Applauds Congress on Supplemental Appropriation
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Physician Hospitals of America (PHA), representing the nation’s physician owned hospitals, applauds the wisdom of Congress in passing supplemental appropriations legislation that did not contain proposed language harmful to PHA members. An earlier version of the bill crafted by the Senate Appropriations Committee included very troubling language, tied to a debate over Medicaid rules. PHA argued that ...(More)
6/30/2008
Medline Announces Advanced Line of Therapeutic Mattresses, Operating Room Table Pads and Stretcher Pads
MUNDELEIN, Ill. — Medline Industries, Inc., announced an advanced line of therapeutic pressure redistribution mattresses, operating room table pads and stretcher pads aimed at helping hospitals and long-term care providers prevent avoidable, painful pressure ulcers in their facilities. Designed with state-of-the-art materials, the products provide outstanding pressure redistribution, greatly reduced shearing effects and a cool, comfortable therapeutic surface for patients. ...(More)
6/30/2008
Attorney and Accountant Indicted in Largest Medical Insurance Fraud Case
Santa Ana, Calif. — The California Department of Insurance and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) announced the unsealing of criminal grand jury indictments in the largest medical fraud prosecution in the nation, charging the final two defendants for their role in the Unity Outpatient Surgery Center scheme, in which $154 million was fraudulently billed to medical insurance companies. ...(More)
6/30/2008
Medical Professionals Worldwide Endorse WHO Checklist
A new safety checklist for surgical procedures developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) won the endorsements of nearly 250 health organizations from over 40 countries at a launching event yesterday at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in Washington, D.C.The endorsements include "70 professional associations, ministries of health and hospitals from 29 countries in the Americas," said PAHO director ...(More)
6/30/2008
Can Nurses Inject Botox?
New York — The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety is advising patients that all nurse and physician assistant (PA) injectors may not be qualified to perform cosmetic injections such a Botox, Restylane or other dermal fillers. Patients should be aware that the most important factor to any nurse or physician assistant injector is their relationship with an appropriately trained, supervising ...(More)
6/30/2008
Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners Announce Intention to Combine Unomedical with Convatec
Stockholm, Sweden — Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners announce today that following the closing of their acquisition of ConvaTec, a world leader in the development and marketing of innovative wound therapeutics and ostomy care products based in Skillman, N.J., which is anticipated to occur in the third quarter, they intend to combine it with Unomedical, a leading manufacturer of ...(More)
6/30/2008
Wireless Hospital Tracking System Study Needlessly Alarms Public
A newly published study that found wireless systems that track hospital medical equipment can cause potentially hazardous incidents involving lifesaving devices may have needlessly alarmed patients, their families and hospital administrators, says a biomedical engineering technology professor at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis (IUPUI).Barbara Christe, who directs the biomedical engineering technology program in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI, ...(More)
6/27/2008
Power Medical Interventions Launches the iDrive S
LANGHORNE, Pa. — Power Medical Interventions®, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMII), a leader in developing and commercializing Intelligent Surgical Instruments™, announced today that it has launched the iDrive S (straight shaft). The introduction of the iDrive S provides surgeons an additional choice within the iDrive series.Michael Whitman, president and chief executive officer commented, "The iDrive S is the latest addition to our expanding ...(More)
6/26/2008
Kidney Stones Form Earlier Than Reported for Bypass Procedure
Chicago — Morbidly obese patients who undergo a particular type of gastric bypass surgery called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) are at an increased risk of developing kidney stones — small, pebble-like deposits that can result in severe pain and require an operation to remove them — earlier than previously thought. These stones develop in patients within only a few months ...(More)
6/26/2008
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