Author: Staff

Here are 16 statistics on employee salary and wages in ambulatory surgery centers, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note: All numbers are averages.

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 created the Recovery Audit Contractor Program to reduce improper Medicare payments, and since its inception, the program has collected more than $2.5 billion in overpayments, as of August 2012.

Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has announced it has completed the acquisition of American Fluoroseal Corp., according to a news release.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Stacy Kahn, MD, has performed fecal microbiota transplantation for an 18-month-old child, according to an Appleton Post-Crescent report.

Gastroenterologist Joel Ingegno, MD, has joined Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial Center for Digestive Diseases, according to a news release.

Middleton, Conn.-based Community Health Center announced that it is partnering with Integrated Pain Center of Arizona in Tucson for a "telehealth" program that will allow its clinicians to consult with pain management experts in Arizona.

A new study finds that certain regions of the brain can naturally control pain when stimulated by electricity, according to an Everday Health report.

The Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association comprising hospitals in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island, offers a free organizational assessment of a pressure ulcer prevention and management program.

Healthcare quality in areas with limited resources can improve through the implementation of six steps, according to a perspective piece in Globalization and Health.

Last year, the HIPAA electronic claims standard changed from version 4010 to 5010, and the transition served as a lesson for the upcoming switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10.