Recommended legislation on Maine's health insurance exchange has been completed and will be presented to the state's Insurance and Financial Services Committee on Monday, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
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Missouri lawmakers have stalled a discussion of the state's health insurance exchange because some senators do not want to implement an exchange system, according to a Public News Service report.
A new study in The British Medical Journal analyzes mastectomy rates in breast cancer patients who underwent preventive screening versus those who did not, according to a DotMed report.
Physicians and other providers now have until Jan. 1, 2012, to begin using the revised Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage form, according to an AAPC release.
GOJO, a global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions and the inventors of PURELL, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable sample infection control risk assessment form for ambulatory surgery centers.
The Clorox Co. has announced the introduction of Clorox Commercial Solutions Clorox Broad Spectrum Quaternary Disinfectant Cleaner, a non-bleach hospital-use disinfectant, according to a news release from Clorox Co.
Pennsylvania Reps. Phyllis Mundy and Deberah Kula have introduced a nurse-to-patient ratios bill in the Pennsylvania State House, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, a supporter of the bill.
Two physicians from Connecticut have been reprimanded by the state Medical Examining Board due surgical errors, according to a New Haven Independent report.
Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, addresses five questions pertaining to the topics of ambulatory surgery centers preparing for accreditation and the importance of a "ready to go" list.
John Vitolo, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee and shoulder surgery who performs surgery at the Orthopedic Surgical Center of Northwest Jersey in Denville, N.J., and at Morristown (N.J.) Memorial Hospital in Morristown, N.J. The following interview was…