The CEO of several medical imaging companies in California has been sentenced to five years in prison for spearheading a billing fraud scheme that paid millions in kickbacks to physicians.
Potential Medicare pay cuts associated with the 2010 sequestration have loomed large on Capitol Hill for the last decade, but lawmakers continue to kick the can down the road.
ASCs comprised nearly 10 percent of Stryker’s knee business last year, and the company expects the move of orthopedic surgeries to the outpatient setting will continue.
Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon Michael Stuart, MD, will serve as the U.S. men’s ice hockey team’s physician for the fourth time at the Winter Olympics in Beijing.
Surgical Care Affiliates’ Pocono Ambulatory Surgery Center recently performed a total hip arthroplasty, the first to be done by a Surgical Care Affiliates ASC in Pennsylvania.