Archives for December 2011

12/29/2011

From Florida's efforts to dethrone itself as the pill mill capital of the nation, to new questions about old drugs, 2011 was a big year in health news. See the year's most signific...

12/29/2011

When looking for answers about your practice, it's best to make sure that you're asking the right questions....

12/23/2011

Just in time for the holidays, Congress voted Friday morning to pass a bill that will postpone Medicare cuts for doctors, ending the political standoff that threatened to cut reimb...

12/17/2011

Senate decides no payment update in Medicare reimbursement levels in January and February 2012, which prevents a 27.4% cut that was scheduled to tax effect on Jan. 1....

12/15/2011

Miami led the nation, accounting for nearly 1 out of every 9 health care fraud prosecutions, followed by Houston. Together, federal prosecutors in those two districts accounted for...

12/09/2011

The chief of the cardiology department at Boca Raton Regional Hospital has developed software for controlling heart devices remotely using an iPad, revolutionizing the way physicia...