Physician Law Weekly

Information Technologies - General Dynamics Awarded $84 Million Contract by the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Kidney Failure - Georgia Kidney Community Applauds Georgia House of Representatives for Passing Legislation to Expand Coverage for Life-Saving Dialysis and Transplant Care

Medicare and Medicaid - HMS Holdings Corp. Announces First Quarter 2010 Results and Revised 2010 Guidance

Managed Care - Health Net Federal Services Engages in Social Media World

Health Net, Inc. - Health Net Providing Benefits to Adult Dependents Prior to Reform Provisions

HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. - HemCon Medical Technologies Fights Adverse Patent Decision

Medical Instruments & Supplies - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Equipment Liquidation and Related Services

Medical Instruments & Supplies - Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Exam Gloves

Medical Equipment and Supplies - Houston Medical Equipment Company Owner, Operator and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud Scheme and Illegal Health Care Kickbacks

IASIS Healthcare - IASIS Healthcare Receives Thomson Reuters' Top Award

Hogan Marren, Ltd. - IBEW, Local 134 Sues Communications Contractor for Employee Misclassification Violations

Lung Cancer - Imaging costs rising faster than total cancer care for Medicare

Dosage Forms - Impax Laboratories Confirms Patent Challenge Relating to Fenoglide(R) 40 and 120 mg Tablets

Critical Care Medicine - Instrumentation Laboratory Launches ACL Top 700 and ACL Top 700 CTS Hemostasis Testing Systems

Medicare and Medicaid - Integrated Healthcare Association IHA Launches Episode of Care Payment Project

International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society - Judge, Jury = Status Quo: Astonishment as Medical Panel Rubber Stamps its Own Controversial Guidelines

Regenerative Medicine - Kinetic Concepts Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Direct General Insurance Company - Law Enforcement, Auto Insurer Partner in Major Crackdown on Staged Car Crashes

Campylobacter - Lawsuit Filed Against Pasture Maid Creamery by Pritzker Olsen Alleges Raw Milk Caused Paralysis

Medical Appliances & Equipment - Masimo Establishes Non-Profit Foundation to Promote Ethics, Innovation, and Competition in Healthcare

Electronic Medical Records - Medical & Surgical Clinic of Irving, Texas Selects Allscripts for Electronic Health Record

Medicare and Medicaid - Merck Provides Information on Impact of U.S. Health Care Reform Legislation

Medicare and Medicaid - Miami Clinic Owner and Patient Recruiters Plead Guilty In $5.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Medicare and Medicaid - Nation's Leading Patient Advocacy Group Unveils New Patient Data Analysis Report; Finds Increase in Case Complexity, Medicare Denials, Underinsured

Medicare and Medicaid - National Patient Advocate Foundation Delivers Letter to Colorado Governor Urging Line Item Veto of $17.9 Million Reduction in Medicaid Funding For 2011, Citing Patient Concerns