The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization announced an updated version of its adverse event collection and reporting system, which now includes the latest formats for health information technology reporting and enhancements to the device-related forms. Read the full report in…
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The managing editor of Heart Rhythm said St. Jude Medical’s request to retract an article about its recalled Riata device “is not going to happen,” according to a Star Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on…
Ambulatory surgery centers in Massachusetts say their industry could be under threat from state regulators seeking to give their competition — hospitals — an advantage, according to a Boston Herald report.
Paula Dhanda, MD, and her husband John Clarke, CRNA, owners of Specialty Care and Surgery Center in Kelseyville, Calif., say ASCs are in jeopardy due to declining reimbursements, according to a Record-Bee report.
St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston recently notified 6,831 patients that their billing information may have been compromised, after an individual found receipts for payments made by five patients at the hospital's surgical day center blowing through a nearby field,…
Don Casey Jr. has been named leader of the $9 billion medical and product services division of Cardinal Health, where he will oversee surgical products and services for ambulatory surgery centers, according to a UT San Diego report.
The extension of the ICD-10 implementation deadline may not mean much for healthcare providers, according to an ICD 10 Watch editorial.
The following data, from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, reflects the expected hospital payment source in different regions of the United States. Expected payment source is the type of program or insurance that, upon admission to the hospital, was expected…
Financial solvency is important for surgery centers as they consider their options for long-term growth and viability. "The recent global financial crisis has shown the importance of maintaining solvency and a healthy balance sheet," says Rajiv Chopra of The C/N…
3M has announced it has acquired CodeRyte, a Bethesda, Md.-based provider of clinical natural language processing (NLP) technology and computer-assisted coding solutions for outpatient providers, according to a news release.