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Section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act disallowed any new physician-owned hospitals from starting or existing ones from expanding unless the physician-owned facility was Medicare-certified by Dec. 31, 2010. At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Larry E. Patterson, MD, medical director of Eye Centers of Tennessee, and Michael A. Romansky, JD, Washington Counsel and vice president of corporate development for the Outpatient…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, LoAnn Vande Leest, RN, CEO of The Surgery Center in Franklin, Wis., and Fawn Esser-Lipp, RN, infection preventionist and OR manager at the center, discussed CMS' infection…
At the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 29, Marilyn Hanchett, RN, senior director of clinical innovation at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, discussed current infection control trends and what to watch…
Here are reports on 17 new surgery centers that were opened, announced or broke ground in October. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.
Finding and hiring the best nursing talent for an ambulatory surgery center has always been — and always will be — a challenge, says Greg Zoch, partner and managing director at Kaye/Bassman International, a recruiting and search firm based out…
Cardinal Health has announced the launch of its Protexis(TM) Latex Blue with Neu-Thera sterile latex powder-free surgical gloves with emollient coating, according to a Cardinal Health news release.
Kathleen B. Stoessel, RN, BSN, MS, senior manager, clinical education of Kimberly-Clark Health Care, discusses the recently launched Kimberly-Clark HAI Patient Education Program aimed at educating patients about healthcare-associated infections and steps they can take to aid in their prevention.…
Valerie Maxam-Moore, RN, MN, Vice President, ASC Operations & Quality at Laser Spine Institute, discusses 10 critical components of strong infection prevention programs at spine centers.