A panel of the West Virginia House of Representatives passed a version of a controversial bill, which removed a clause that would allow optometrists to perform three types of laser surgery, according to a report in The Register-Herald.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's subsidiary, Blue Care Networks of Michigan, abandoned its attempt to purchase Physicians Health Plan of Mid-Michigan after the Department of Justice informed the companies that it would file an antitrust lawsuit to block the acquisition, according to a DOJ news release.
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Construction has been completed on the 50,000-square-foot MALO Clinic in Rutherford, N.J., which includes medical offices, an ASC and an oral rehabilitation center , according to a report by Sweetwater Construction Corp., the company that built the facility.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released a series of questions and answers related to the recently eliminated physician consultation CPT codes, which address how evaluation and management services should be reported to CMS.
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After more than 10 years of outstanding service, President Kathy Bryant will be leaving the ASC Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation, according to a release from ASC Association chair Alsie Sydness-Fitzgerald, CASC.
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Louisville (Ky.) Surgery Center is a multi-specialty surgery center with seven physicians that partnered with ASD Management at the end of 2008. Here's how it achieved strong results in 2009, including increasing profits by 31 percent, increasing volume by 27 percent, increasing distributions to physicians by 37 percent and reducing medical supply costs by 15 percent.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and state legislators have reached an agreement to reduce funds for a state-funded program for low-income adults and transfer it to hospitals serving these patients, according to a report by the Minnesota Daily.
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The first multispecialty ASC in Muskegon, Mich., was recently fully certified and is gradually signing up private insurance networks, according to the Muskegon News.
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Bayou Region Surgical Center, in Thibodaux, La., is a multispecialty ASC that operates as a 50-50 partnership between physician investors and a subsidiary of the local community hospital, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, and is managed by ASD Management. Here's how it increased patient revenue by 8 percent and net income by 20 percent last year, according to Tona Savoie, the ASC's administrative director.
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