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The past several days have seen a series of noteworthy healthcare developments involving brick-and-mortar consumer stores.

According to CMS estimates, the code would be responsible for 90% of the overall budget neutrality reduction tied to the conversion factor, advocates noted. 

A married couple operating a lab in California admit to billing Medicare for unnecessary rapid COVID tests.

Many healthcare watchers were taken by surprise when upwards of 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers went on strike last week.

How quickly a hospital recovers from a ransomware cyberattack has a lot to do with how thoroughly the hospital prepared ahead of time for just such an event.

The 35-year-old cardiologist faces a total of 51 felony charges. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment.

That's according to three surveys of a multispecialty group of physicians (including radiologists), conducted during a five-year period.

The American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions and Society of Thoracic Surgeons raised the issue, which is related to the billing of transcatheter heart procedures such as TAVR.