Access MediQuip CEO Prakash Patel, MD, recently spoke on innovative alternative care management models and solutions at an Innovation Forum on Nov. 2 in Menlo Park, Calif., according to an Access MediQuip news release.
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Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and his staff visited the Physicians Outpatient Surgery Center in Belpre, Ohio, this week to discuss the benefits of surgery centers and the current issues facing the ASC industry, according to an ASCA release.
Here are seven statistics on single-specialty orthopedic ambulatory surgery center outcomes from the ASC Association's Outcomes Monitoring Project 2nd Quarter (April-June) 2011 Report, which saw more than 600 ASCs participating in the survey.
Here are eight clinical findings from an AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 2011 study on low back injection. Forty-five organizations that perform a combined total of more than 55,000 low back injections annually participated in the study.
In the Nov. 17 edition of the ASCA Government Affairs Update, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is reminding ASCs that CMS is expecting them to use a safe surgical checklist for the entire 2012 calendar year as part of the…
The New Jersey Assembly Health Committee will consider a bill on Monday that would make all surgical facilities — including single-room surgical practices, multi-room ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals — subject to the same licensing by the state health department,…
Surgeons at Kaweah Delta Medical Center in Visalia, Calif., have voted against using certified registered nurse anesthetists to provide anesthesia in operating rooms, according to a Visalia Times Delta report.
Two pilot projects are tackling a lack of learning opportunities for anesthesiology residents in airway management, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
The Congressional supercommittee is taking a look at Medicare-Medicaid "dual eligibles," those patients who are covered by both governmental insurance programs, according to a USA Today report.
Jeffrey Rihn, CFO of the Surgery Center at Cranberry in Cranberry Township, Pa., wants to change in-network provider requirements by requiring insurers to recognize any provider who meets basic accreditation requirements, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.