In 2014, 1.1 percent of all Medicare cases performed in ASCs resulted in subsequent hospital visits within three days of surgery; 2 percent resulted in hospital visits within seven days of surgery, according to MedPAC's Report to Congress: Medicare Payment…
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The White House proposed a $1.2 billion reduction to the National Institutes of Health's 2018 budget, which is smaller than what the administration initially proposed in March 2017, according to STAT.
President Donald Trump discussed healthcare and next steps with senators on March 28, 2017 during a reception dinner, less than a week after Republicans' withdrew their ACA replacement bill, according to CBS News.
Since performing its first partial knee replacement in February 2015, Youngstown, Ohio-based The Orthopaedic Surgery Center has fine-tuned and built upon its TJR program.
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Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School researchers found U.S. physicians' medical malpractice claims rates dropped by 55.7 percent between 1992 and 2014, according to Medscape.
EHR inefficiencies continue to burden physicians who spend too much time on data input as opposed to improving the lives of patients.
Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth Corp. selected Sturbridge, Mass.-based Optim's ENTity MobileFEES system to diagnose and treat patients with swallowing disorders.
PracticeMatch released a survey on nurse practitioner and physician assistant compensation and career satisfaction.
An Axios report details the upsurge in ASC consolidation and why surgery centers are an attractive option for heath systems and other business entities.