A study presented at Anesthesiology 2011 highlighted a tool that can help anesthesia providers identify pre-surgical behaviors in parents and children that lead to bad outcomes following surgery, according to a Newswise report.
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A state audit shows New Jersey may be overpaying for Medicaid because the largest Medicaid plan in the state is allegedly not pursuing fraudulent claims aggressively enough, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. Comptroller Matthew Boxer has said that Horizon…
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William Mulhall, RN, partner with Merritt Healthcare and Chris McMenemy, vice president at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants, discuss the process behind hiring an effective surgery center administrator.
MMX Holdings, which is preparing to launch its ManageMyASC.com platform for commercial release, has announced Larry Leisure is joining the company's advisory board and is participating as a strategic advisor, according to a news release from ManageMyASC.com.
The University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the State Association of Infection Practitioners are sponsoring a free one-day seminar on "Best Practices in Infection Control in Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Other…
Inspectors, on behalf of CMS, conducted an unannounced follow-up survey of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta., Ga., after state regulators cited the hospital for a range of violations including lack of staffing, according to a WABE report.
Current hospital readmission risk prediction models may not be adequate for comparative or clinical purposes, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on hospital readmissions.
Jeffrey Shanton, chair, Advocacy & Legislative Affairs Committee, for the New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, has issued a statement in response to an article in the Insurance Journal titled "New Jersey Looks to Put a Lid On Its…