The realm of healthcare has changed dramatically in recent years with the signing of the new healthcare reform law and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and more drastic changes are forecasted to change the nature of healthcare. Brian…
GI & Endoscopy
Using water infusion rather than air insufflation to distend the colon during unsedated colonoscopy improves patient tolerance of the procedure, according to a study published in the October issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Here are 35 statistics about GI/endoscopy.
Here are five financial statistics about GI/Endoscopy cases in ASCs, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
Decreasing reimbursements by Medicare pose as a serious challenge to ASCs looking to stay profitable in an already struggling economy. Here, Jim Stilley, CEO of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., shares four best practices for staying afloat…
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A colorectal surgeon from Brooklyn, N.Y., has been arrested and charged for his alleged involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme that bilked the program and other healthcare benefit programs of at least $3.5 million, according to a Department of Justice…
The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Colorectal Cancer Coalition have praised the Affordable Care Act provision requiring all new health insurance plans to cover certain preventive services, including colorectal cancer screening, according to an ASGE news release.
Although recruiting a team of physicians is an important task for any GI-driven ASC, it is equally as important to build a support team and administrative team along with a strong core of GI physicians to assist in the clinical…
A significant number of ASCs are overlooking a potential billing opportunity that may be leaving hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table, says John Poisson, executive vice president and strategic partnerships officer at Physicians Endoscopy.
Dianne Wallace, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, discusses three ways the surgery center has expanded the GI specialty at its multi-specialty ASC.