Jeffrey Shanton, chair of the Advocacy & Legislative Affairs Committee for the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, recently expressed concern about the lack of outrage over Aetna's recent out-of-network policy changes.
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A New York bill would force insurance companies to reveal their out-of-network reimbursement policies and prohibit approval of health plans that do not include coverage of out-of-network medical services, according to a Daily Bedford report.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced an accreditation program tailored to the needs of practices that offer office-based surgery, according to an Endo Nurse report.
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A new staff communications tool at Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock has made communications between clinicians and staff easier and more efficient, according to an InformationWeek Report.
A study by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health found that 34 percent of patients hospitalized for at least one night in the past year felt that "nurses weren't available when needed or…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology gave 12 infection preventionists the Heroes of Infection Prevention Award for successfully reducing infection, raising awareness and improving the health and well-being of patients, healthcare workers and the public.
Missouri will become to the first state to use the drug propofol for executions, according to a WSLS report. Propofol has not been previously tested for lethal injections, prompting critics to argue that the drug may cause unnecessary pain.