CMS has indicated to the ASC Association that recent payments to surgery centers may not have reflected Congress' Dec. 23 vote to delay a potential reduction in physician payments due to the flawed SGR formula, according to an ASCA release.
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Four Loyola anesthesiologists have written chapters for the Manual of Clinical Anesthesiology, which is used in hospitals across the country as a reference and teaching tool, according to a Newswise report.
Changes in ocular alignment under general anesthesia in children with intermittent exotropia correlated strongly with preoperative strabismus angles and helped predict surgical outcomes, according to a study reported on OSN SuperSite.
Proposed Medicaid regulation in Missouri would require all hospitals to report serious reportable events involving Medicaid patients to the state Department of Social Services, which in turn would make that data public, according to a News-Leader report.
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed a new test that relies on mass spectrometry to quantify the number of S. aureus organisms in a large number of samples in…
In March 2011, three organs (two kidneys and the liver) from a deceased donor were transplanted into three recipients at a Kentucky hospital, two of whom later tested positive for hepatitis C, according to an analysis by the CDC.
About one in every 11 deals offered on daily deal sites is now for a healthcare service — such as LASIK surgery and dental cleanings — according to data compiled by DealRadar.com and reported in USA Today.
The rapid economic growth in India has resulted in a larger middle class and a growth in disease, such as diabetes, that plague wealthy nations, according to an International Business Times report.
The federal criminal trial of Stryker, a medical device manufacturer, has begun in Boston, according to a Bloomberg News report.
The O'Bleness Health System in Pomeroy, Ohio, recently opened an ambulatory care pain management clinic, according to a Times Journal report.