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To comply with the reporting requirements of MMSEA Section 111, an affected health care provider must first register with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Coordination of Benefits Contractor (COBC).
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If your health care organization is self-insured, the government is holding up a new hoop and waiting for you to jump through it.
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Risk managers who take a good look at their organization's psychiatric treatment may find reason to worry, because the risk mitigation that works in other areas might not be as effective in this field.
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In a ruling that has risk managers and attorneys across the country watching for repercussions, the Supreme Court of Washington state recently ruled that requiring a certificate of merit for a medical malpractice case is unconstitutional.
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The role of statins in treatment of dyslipidemia is well established. There are, however, limitations of statins: Residual risk is substantial, not all persons can tolerate statins, and, even with full-dose statin treatment, some patients do not achieve lipid goals.
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FDA is reviewing safety of TZDs; SSRI use with tamoxifen; Metformin smells like fish; FDA Actions.
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Haiti is one of the poorer countries in the world, with the highest per-capita rate of tuberculosis (TB) in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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A once-daily controlled-release formulation of hydromorphone has been approved by the FDA.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a 54-year-old woman with shortness of breath. What pulmonary findings on ECG might explain her symptoms?