Mary Ryan, administrator of Tri-State Surgery Center in Dubuque, Iowa, managed by Health Inventures, shares 10 steps to negotiate profitable contracts and make money on every procedure.
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Journal Square Surgical Center in Jersey City, N.J., is hosting an information session to discuss sweeping new personal injury protection regulations proposed by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance.
The following article is written by Helen M. French, RN, BSN, retired operating room nurse and author of Frenchie's Hospital Survival Tips. There is an old poem by Robert Fulghum from 1990 which is titled, "All I Really Need…
Blue Shield of California recommends the use of a network ambulatory surgery center over a network hospital for outpatient surgery as a way to save money in an article in its Sept. Now I Know newsletter.
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a new bill requiring all California hospitals to have a safe patient handling policy, including "lift teams" trained to move patients using proper lift equipment, according to a California Nurses Association/National Nurses United news…
County commissions in Harnett, N.C., have rejected the latest request to endorse plans for a new ambulatory surgery center near Erwin, N.C., according to a Fayetteville Observer report.
Jesseye Arrambide, RN, BSN, CNOR, executive director at Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center and vice president and program chair of the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, shares 10 ways surgery centers can save money on supplies and equipment.
The Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health & Human Services has released its 2012 Work Plan, which includes two studies concerning ambulatory surgery centers, according to an ASCA release.
The following article is written by Matt Smith, marketing analyst for Healthmark Industries Co. There are many challenges in a central sterilization supply department, but one of the most important is to provide consistency in proper reprocessing of surgical instruments…
Included in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program" is a sample worksheet is designed to assist healthcare organizations in estimating the annual and average cost to their organization…