Outpatient joint replacement is becoming a popular option among patients, according to Vivek Shah, MD, who performs outpatient total joint surgeries at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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ASCs should evaluate billing performance and implement process improvements at the end of every financial quarter, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III, an ASC management company.
Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2019 found physician salary growth outpaces the general population.
Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group rejected Quincy-based Blessing Health System's second request to enter into a joint venture, local news affiliate WGEM reports.
New York City's Upper East Side has been the site for healthcare-based development since 1865, and today that's no different, as surgery centers and medical office buildings spring up around the area, the Commercial Observer reports.
Danville (Ill.) Polyclinic is merging with Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare but will keep full control of its ASC, Commercial-News reports.
The Dublin (Ohio) City Council and Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are negotiating potential tax incentives for a proposed outpatient medical center, This Week Community News reports.
Synlogic named former Janssen Research & Development Vice President Scott Plevy, MD, its chief science officer.
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Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's R. Milton Johnson made a higher salary than any other healthcare CEO in 2018, according to Axios.