HealthONE, based in Denver, plans to open a new ambulatory surgery center in Thornton, Colo., according to a Denver Post report.
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AmSurg Corp. has announced its financial results for the first quarter on 2012, highlighted by a reported increase in net earnings of 35 percent for the quarter, according to a news release.
Robert Henry, Senior Vice President of Development at Symbion Healthcare, discusses four trends for physician groups in outpatient surgery centers.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services division of outpatient care is considering the removal of cervical disc arthroplasty from the Medicare "inpatient only" list, a move which the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery supports.
The Advanced Medical Technology Association has announced it has developed a three-year strategic plan for the association, according to a news release.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has expanded its AccuPrice price auditing solution, according to a news release.
Overall, the annual cost of healthcare for the commercially insured climbed 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, according to the Thomson Reuters Healthcare Spending Index for Private Insurance.
Robert S. Bray, Jr., MD, neurosurgeon and CEO of DISC Sports & Spine Center in Marina del Rey, Calif., believes that outpatient surgery centers and spine specialty hospitals are the future of elective spine surgery. He moved out of his…
Medscape has published the "Medscape Physician Compensation Report: 2012 Results." The report included data gathered in February from more than 24,000 physicians in the United States across 25 specialties. Of these respondents, 2 percent were in gastroenterology.
Son Nguyen, MD, a gastroenterology fellow at Tulane University in New Orleans, is working to bring awareness of the Hepatitis B virus to the local Vietnamese community, according to a WDSU report.