Cathy Rudisill, RN, is a senior vice president of operations with Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, a physician-owned ASC development and management company in Hanover, Mass.
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Jeffrey Simmons is the chief development officer for Regent Surgical Health, an ASC management and development company in Westchester, Ill. He is responsible for overseeing all acquisition and development efforts for the company.
Joan Dentler, president and CEO of Outpatient Strategies and ASC Strategies, discusses the key steps for physician owners when selling part or all of their surgery center to a hospital or corporate partner.
William Comer, senior vice president of operations for Nueterra Healthcare's hospital division, is in the running to be the next CEO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.
Alejandro Badia, MD, a hand and upper extremity surgeon at Badia Hand to Shoulder Center and Chief Medical Officer at OrthoNOW in Doral, Fla., discusses four recent trends in outpatient procedures and reimbursements for the hand and upper extremity surgical…
Some of the nation's biggest health insurers have pledged to keep the popular parts of the federal healthcare reform law, even if the Supreme Court decides to repeal the law this month, according to a CBS News report.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will require physicians to gain permission from the insurer before writing new prescriptions for 30 days' worth of painkillers for patients, according to a Washington Post report.
CMS announced that it will no longer cover most uses of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain, according to a MedPage Today report.
Successful adoption of clinical decision support can require years of collaboration with physicians and staff, according to a Health Leaders Media report. Michael Restuccia, vice president and CIO of Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, discusses six ways to get physicians on…
An American Medical News report discusses three ways to implement online patient payment systems in medical practices.