Managed care contracting is essential to surgery center profitability, particularly as out-of-network billing becomes less feasible in many markets. Adriaan Epps, director of contracting services for abeo Management Corporation, discusses 10 ways surgery centers can achieve substantial increases year-over-year without…
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Olympus has nominated Hiroyuki Sasa to be its next president in the midst of a reputational and financial restructuring following a $1.5 billion accounting scandal, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority offers a free, downloadable PowerPoint presentation with audio on improving the safety of verbal and telephone orders.
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A coalition of consumer and medical groups, including the American Medical Women’s Association, is urging the FDA to rescind its recent approval of an aneurysm device that they say requires more rigorous testing, according to a Consumers Union news release.…
Standardized crisis checklists can help prevent missteps in patient care and improve patient safety, according to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publication. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on OR surgical checklists.
A bill introduced by Rep. Joseph McNamara (D-R.I.) would allow physicians and other healthcare providers to apologize to patients and families for undesirable outcomes without legal backlash. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the benevolent gestures bill…