5 Key Differences for Employees Between ASC and Hospital Environments
ASCs offer employees advantages that they could not find in the surgery department in the hospital, says Greg Zoch, a managing director at Kaye/Bassman, an executive search firm for ASCs and other companies. Here he lists five key differences between ASCs and hospitals.
Click to continue »Novant Health Receives CON for North Carolina ASC
Novant Health has received a certificate of need to build an ASC in Holly Springs, N.C., according to reports in The News & Observer and Triangle Business Journal.
Click to continue »Understand When Modifier -59 is Appropriate for Use With 62311 (Lumbar Epidural) and Other Pain Procedures
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Q: When our pain doc does 62311 (lumbar epidural) with G0260 (SI joint injection), I looked at CCI and it says 62311 is bundled; however, you can use a modifier to differentiate between services, and to modify 62311. What documentation would I use to justify this -59?
Click to continue »ASC Industry Leader to Know: Larry Taylor, CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare
Larry Taylor, president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare in Birmingham, Ala., has been praised for the outstanding operational results his company achieves for its ASC clients. In 2009, Mr. Taylor was nominated to the Becker's ASC Review list "45 ASC Management and Development Company CEOs to Know" by Chris Moore, CEO of Bluegrass Orthopaedics & Hand Care in Lexington, Ky. Click to continue »4 Ways ASCs Can Improve Relationships Between Surgeons and Anesthesiologists
Compared with hospitals, relationships between anesthesiologists and surgeons at ASCs are excellent, but there is also an elevated level of expectation at ASCs, says Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care.
Click to continue »Dr. Maya S. Suresh Named Chair of Baylor College of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology
Baylor College of Medicine in Houston has announced the naming of anesthesiologist Maya S. Suresh, MD, as the chair of the Department of Anesthesiology.
Click to continue »Miami Speech Pathologists and Assistants Arrested for Medicaid Fraud
Four employees of a Miami-based speech center are in custody for allegedly defrauding the Florida Medicaid program, according to a news release from Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. Click to continue »CDC, SIPC Launch Campaign to Raise Awareness about Injection Safety
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition have launched a public health campaign aimed toward raising awareness about safe injection practices among patients and healthcare providers, according to a news release by the CDC. Click to continue »Study: Anesthesia Type Could Influence Surgical Site Infections for Total Hip and Knee Replacement Patients
A new study found patients receiving undergoing a total hip or knee replacement incurred a higher incidence of surgical site infections when they received general anesthesia for the procedure over the same procedures performed under regional anesthesia, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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