Payors might provide more than reimbursement in the next few years — they may be signing the checks to buy hospitals or the physicians that drive referrals. Payors buying physiciansTwo related but distinct trends are emerging, and quietly: insurers buying…
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Louis Hampers, MD, the former head of the emergency department at Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Aurora, has pled guilty to 14 counts of prescription drug fraud. Read more coverage on Becker’s Hospital Review.
In a new blog post on The Joint Commission website, Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, discusses reducing wrong-site surgery in ambulatory surgery centers.
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers…
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Spine Surgical Innovation, global marketer and distributor of the Swivel Port System and full line of spine instruments, has added five new pedicle instruments to the company's portfolio.
Medical Web Technologies, a Web-based medical information solutions provider, has announced 60 hospitals, surgical facilities and ambulatory surgery centers added the company's One Medical Passport solution to their facilities during the first half of 2011.
Marion K. Jenkins, PhD, FHIMSS, is founder and CEO of QSE Technologies. Q: What are the traits exhibited by ambulatory surgery centers which you consider to be in a good position concerning IT? Marion Jenkins: Considering the operation…
Endoscopic resection of T1 colorectal carcinomas had statistically similar outcomes to oncologic surgery, even when patients were thought to be at increased risk of cancer reoccurrence, according to an Internal Medicine News report.