Paul Martin, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the division of hepatology at the University of Miami, has been elected chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine's Subspecialty Board on Gastroenterology, according to a news release.
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Steve Arnold, MD, chief medical officer at Access MediQuip, discusses seven core concepts for leveraging surgery center data during payor negotiations.
Here are 10 surgery center leaders who also have leadership positions on the board of directors for their state's ambulatory surgery center association. Information was not available for all Midwestern surgery centers.
Jeremy Scarlett, MD, a pain management physician with Advanced Pain Management in Milwaukee, Wis., discusses the pros and cons of pain management in Accountable Care Organizations. While accountable care organizations could include several different models, their purpose is to coordinate…
CMS has concluded that the risk of bariatric surgery does not outweigh the toll morbid obesity takes on a person's health, according to a final decision memo on bariatric surgery and an AAPC report.
Mease Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, Fla., recently renovated it surgery center to include three integrated-technology operating rooms, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.
Cathy Weaver, senior manager at Somerset CPAs in Indianapolis, Ind., discusses five trends in Medicare reimbursement in the ambulatory surgery center setting over the past several years.
The National Quality Forum's board of directors voted on June 25 to uphold its initial decision to endorse a new all-cause hospital-wide readmissions measure.
Georgia's St. Joseph's/Candler Health System could lose between $7 million and $20.6 million if Hilton Head Hospital builds the $18 million Bluffton Outpatient Center in Savannah, according to a Savannah Now report.
ECRI Institute patient safety organization has recommended four strategies (pdf) to safely administer medication through intravenous infusions.