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Understanding Outsourced Anesthesia

Written by Stephanie Wasek
Q: What are the major challenges ASCs are facing with regard to employing anesthesiologists?
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Summit Partners Provides Equity Investment to Anesthetix

Written by Staff
Anesthetix Management, a provider of hospital-based anesthesiology and pain management services to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, has accepted a minority equity investment from Summit Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm experienced in growing healthcare companies.
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New Orleans Hospital Agrees to Pay $1.75 Million to Settle False Claims Allegations

Written by Rob Kurtz
A New Orleans Hospital, Touro Infirmary, will pay $1.75 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare claims, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Self-Disclosure Protocol Tightening

Written by Stephanie Wasek
New requirements of initial self-disclosure of Medicare or Medicaid fraud have been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson in an open letter. The fuller disclosure to the Office of Inspector General will be required if providers want to win the leniency provided for by the self-disclosure protocol.
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Syngergetics USA Sues Alcon Over Vitrectomy Equipment Sales Practices

Written by Stephanie Wasek
Claiming it has lost tens of millions of dollars due to Alcon's alleged unfair practices, Synergetics USA, a leading microsurgical device company, has filed a civil, antitrust lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (docket number 08-CV-3669) against Swiss-based Alcon and its primary operating subsidiary in the United States, Alcon Laboratories. Synergetics is seeking a recovery that it believes could exceed $100 million.
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