Rene Letourneau
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation will purchase Ascension Orthopedics for approximately $65 million in cash, subject to adjustments, the two companies announced Monday.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Friday the availability of approximately $700 million to help build, expand and improve community health centers across the United States.
All healthcare spending in the United States is projected to grow at an annual average rate of 5.8 percent for the period 2010 through 2020, according to a report released in late July by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
It’s going to be a record-breaking year for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the healthcare industry, according to a recent report from Irving Levin Associates.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $248,000 to the Boston-based Fenway Institute to create a National Training and Technical Assistance Center to help community health centers improve the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) populations.
Charges were filed Wednesday against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing, announced Attorney General Eric Holder and HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Janzen, Johnston & Rockwell Emergency Medicine Management Services Inc. (JJ&R), a provider of billing services for physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers, has agreed to pay the United States $4.6 million to settle allegations it submitted false claims to Medicare and Louisiana's Medicaid program.
Ohio hospitals released a report Tuesday outlining the $2.9 billion in free or discounted services they provide annually to their local communities, including to some of the state's most vulnerable residents.
The National Science Foundation granted $500,000 to Indiana University to fund research to better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place.
The Department of Health & Human Services announced Friday that rural health networks across the nation will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) and certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).