Federal Officials Scrutinizing Company Payments to Doctors
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Ela Medical, a producer of implantable heart devices said it had received a subpoena seeking information about payments to doctors using its products.
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.
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The Massachusetts attorney general's office is investigating the state's health insurance industry over lucrative commissions offered brokers who are supposed to bring employers the best insurance deals.
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Scientists assigned to monitor the ethics of medical studies often help decide whether to approve research even when they have financial ties to the company sponsoring the work, a study shows.
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Members of Congress expressed concern about new data indicating that Medicare pays private health plans more than it would cost to care for the same patients in the traditional program.
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The U.S. Justice Department is  investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that  some health care providers bilked government programs including  Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Pressure is building against the widely reported gifts and other potential conflicts between drug companies and doctors.
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The US Justice Department (news - web sites) is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said some companies have been providing investors with confusing data about executive compensation, making it difficult for them to decipher how these companies are paying their top officials.
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The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the medical supply industry over concerns that some health care providers bilked government programs including Medicare, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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The American Medical Association is working with a startup company that encourages doctors to swap ideas online and charges investment firms to view postings that could serve as tip-offs to drug side effects and other market-moving medical trends.
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The case appears to be focused on whether hospitals are fraudulently overcharging Medicare and other programs for goods.
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WASHINGTON - The US pharmaceutical industry that exports billions of dollars worth of medicine around the world faced new scrutiny Friday after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs they
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For the first time in its history, Medicare has begun to systematically make payments for new and expensive treatments and diagnostic tests conditional on agreement by companies or other groups
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California and New York City ponder making some employers pay for insurance - or help government do it.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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A Senate hearing about money and gifts that drug makers routinely provide to doctors did not go well for the drug industry Wednesday.