The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week announced that most uses of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation will no longer be reimbursed as treatment for chronic low back pain. In a memo released Friday, CMS officials wrote that reimbursement…
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Frank J. Chapman, MBA, is the COO of Asheville (N.C.) Gastroenterology Associates and Endoscopy Center, which is comprised of 17 board-certified gastroenterologists and seven mid-level providers who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal conditions. Mr. Chapman has…
York University in Toronto, Canada, has developed a survey — the Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey — intended to help healthcare organizations assess employees' perceptions of patient safety in their workplace.
UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., participates in the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program, a five-year pay-for-performance initiative in which California public hospital systems aim to meet benchmarks related to healthcare access, quality and safety outcomes. The program is…
The National Quality Forum's endorsement of a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Surgical Care Survey measure became effective June 1, according to an American College of Surgeons release.
Industry experts discuss different situations when either outsourcing billing services or creating an in-house billing department makes more sense for surgery centers.
Oregon hospitals have reported significant decreases in healthcare-acquired infections from 2009 to 2011, according to the Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research (pdf).
Stanley Plavin, MD, is an anesthesiologist and managing partner of Ambulatory Anesthesia of Atlanta.
Taking anti-inflammatory drugs for normal muscle soreness after exercise has no significant effect on pain reduction and may actually inhibit the recovery process, according to research reported in MedPage Today.
Patients who met a composite measure of both efficacy and gastrointestinal tolerability had better opioid outcomes than patients not meeting the composite criteria, according to a study reported in Pain Medicine News.