Surgery center staffing costs are a significant part of an ASC budget, and ASC administrators are generally the highest-paid staff member in a center. In order to attract highly qualified candidates while maintaining a tight budget, surgery centers must be…
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Private contractors overseeing Medicare fraud paid claims submitted in the names of dead providers or for unnecessary medical claims, problems estimated to cost more than $1 billion in 2009, according to a report by the Associated Press.
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In an editorial in Citizens Voice, Pennsylvania eye surgeon Steven Vale, MD, urged the passage of a state bill that would clarify that surgical procedures must be performed by ophthalmologists.
The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Health Care blog has published the second part in a three-part series on credentialing and privileging.
A study found patients better understood their cataract surgery when informed-consent information was delivered at a second-grade reading level or via DVD, according to findings published in the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery.
The FDA released a draft guidance on the submission process for humanitarian use device designation for devices that diagnose or treat diseases and conditions effecting fewer than 4,000 Americans per year, according to a MassDevice report.
Healthcare Supply Chain Association president Curtis Rooney praised CMS for its Physician Payment Sunshine Act which aims to increase transparency in healthcare, according to an HSCA news release.
Despite a maturation over the last 10 years, the surgery center industry continues to change in interesting ways from year to year. Here are 10 findings from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011, when compared with similar data from 2010.