Wrong-site surgery is one adverse event that occurs with too much frequency in ambulatory surgery centers, says W. Jan Allison, RN, CHSP, director of accreditation and survey readiness, clinical services department, for Surgical Care Affiliates.
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Federal and state regulators have increased scrutiny around false claims involving medically unnecessary services in recent years. Such claims are costly to Medicare, Medicaid and other payors, and providers are liable under the False Claims Act for these false billing…
A Florida physician has been sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to sell three suitcases full of oxycodone on the black market to pay off stock losses as a day-trader, according to a Tampa Tribune report.
The NYU Langone Medical Center in New York is using palm scans to confirm patients' identities and locate their medical records, according to a CBS New York report.
The National Institutes of Health has issued rules on payments to physicians and other researchers by drug and device companies as a way to reduce conflicts of interest, according to a Washington Post report.
Nissin Nahmias, MD, has joined New England Integrative Health Associates in West Hartford, Conn., as a specialist in bariatric procedures and gastrointestinal surgery, according to a West Hartford News report.
A new study finds exfoliation syndrome, an eye condition that can lead to glaucoma, is influenced by geographic factors such as ambient temperature, elevation and sunlight exposure, according to a Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary news release.
New research helps explain why men and women experience pain differently and have different reactions to some pain medications, according to a State University of New York Downstate news release.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has launched Endoscopy Marketplace, an online practice resource for endoscopists.
Eighteen percent of Ohio adults have no health insurance, up from 12 percent who said they were uninsured in a similar poll five years ago, according to a report by The Republic.