The co-owners of two California healthcare companies — Caravan Medical Supplies in Culver City and Prosperity Home Health Services in Lawndale — have been convicted on multiple healthcare fraud charges related to a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news…
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Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced it has partnered with BlackTie Medical to develop and market ProFormanceQA, a web-based service for automating and…
A new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Green Bay, Wis., is expected to offer ambulatory surgery, according to a report from WLUK-TV.
Ken Bulow is COO of GENASCIS. Q: Which ambulatory surgery center specialties do you find managed care contracting toughest? Ken Bulow: Anything that requires an implant presents a contracting challenge. The reason why it's difficult is historically, organizations…
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1. Brooklyn Neurologist Dr. Leonard Langman Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud SchemeLeonard Langman, MD, a neurologist from Brooklyn, N.Y., pled guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud Medicare and several other federal programs. Dr. Langman submitted claims for services…
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce SourceMedical has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held Oct.…
Tammy Brinkman, director of contracting and reimbursement at Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners in Cincinnati, describes seven situations when an ambulatory surgery center might consider terminating a payor contract and what the center can do to avoid these situations.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers a free, downloadable brochure which provides questions patients who are facing surgery that is not an emergency should ask their doctor and surgeon.
Jeffrey Kasselman, MD, has joined Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Neb., after completing an anesthesia and critical care residency and pain management fellowship, according to a report from The Imperial Republican.