President Donald Trump signed an executive order shortly after his inauguration on Jan. 20 directing government agencies to "scale back as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act as possible," according to the New York Times.
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Outpatient total joint replacements are gaining steam; physicians across the country are preforming outpatient total joints in hospitals as well as ASCs. Medicare is also considering removing total joint replacements from the inpatient only list.
The WhiteHouse.gov website reflected the passing of the baton as President Donald Trump was sworn into office today, according to U.S. News & World Report.
There are more than 222,000 licensed nurse practitioners spanning the nation, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners' data.
Scott Colquhoun, MD, has been offering outpatient orthopedic surgery to residents in Turlock, Calif., since 2013, according to Turlock Journal.
Simple Admit's CEO, Dan Coholan, discusses how Simple Admit aims to change the way that nurses and patients discuss medical history before a procedure and its impact on the medical industry.
ASC management teams continually work to mitigate their risk of healthcare fraud, whether intentional or inadvertent. However, preventing and eliminating fraud requires ongoing attention. Mohamed H. Nabulsi, JD, an attorney with Mandelbaum Salsburg, with offices throughout New York, New Jersey…
Mercom Capital Group saw an uptick in venture capital funding in the healthcare IT marketplace last year, according to Yahoo! Finance.
SurgCenter Development, a Pismo Beach, Calif.-based ASC management company, provided nearly 7,000 joint replacements at its surgery centers last year.
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