Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker yesterday signed a bill creating licensure requirements and standards for anesthesiologist assistants, according to a Wausau Daily Herald report.
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The Federal Trade Commission is requiring Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica Health System to divest St. Luke's Hospital in Maumee, Ohio, citing anticompetitive effects of the systems' merger.
Missed appointments, including no-shows and cancellations, plague every practice, according to AAPC representative Deli Parham, CPC.