NPs purportedly would diagnose serious, complex conditions without the necessary medical imaging to reach such conclusions, the Department of Justice said Sept. 30. 

“After back and forth correspondence, and multiple phone calls, we are thrilled to announce that this campaign was successful,” one of the trade groups said. 

Regardless of effectiveness or lack thereof, pandemic-response measures like masking and social distancing give many people a sense of being better off with them than without them. 

A California federal judge has granted RP's request to compel arbitration in its ongoing dispute with UHC over alleged underpayment. 

IR providers pay an average of $877,500 when settling such cases prior to a trial, while average jury awards total more than $2 million. 

The federal agency typically grants this designation to allow Medicare beneficiaries broader access to new and innovative drugs. 

Welsh Carson created US Anesthesia Partners to consolidate the market in Texas and then attempted to do the same in imaging and EM, authorities allege. 

American College of Cardiology President B. Hadley Wilson, MD, discussed why the ACC and other leading cardiology groups are so eager to create a new, independent medical board. This has been a long-term goal for many years, he said, and now it may become a reality.