FDA Approves New Cordis Carotid Stent
Recently, the FDA has approved the Cordis Precise RX Nitinol Self-Expanding Stent and ANGIOGUARD RX Emboli Capture Guidewire...
Hospitals Find Strategies to Cut ER Costs
Increases in visits to emergency rooms (ER) have resulted in midstate Tennessee hospitals adopting new strategies to help...
Physicians Protest UnitedHealth Group Restrictions
The nation’s largest insurer, UnitedHealth Group, recently signed a 10-year, $3 billion exclusive contract with Laboratory Corporation of...
Initiatives to Improve Rural Healthcare
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) is continuing his efforts to improve the quality...
AHA Surveys Hospital Leaders About Their Challenges
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is conducting a survey of hospital leaders. The annual survey is addressing issues...
Insurer Denies Surgery for Obesity
In March, the third-largest health insurance company in Massachusetts, Tufts Health Plan, will begin restricting surgery for obese...
Congressmen Seek Lower Cost Alternatives to Biotech Drugs
Members of Congress, including Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, introduced legislation that will help lower the cost of biologic...
FDA Reviewers Question Drug Safety Process
Reuters reports that some FDA reviewers are concerned about the agency’s drug safety system. The antibiotic Ketek, manufactured...