Here are 20 statistics on compensation of hospital-employed and independent physicians for 10 common surgery center specialties, according to data from MGMA's Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.
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Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital must submit to CMS a corrective action plan to address major patient safety risks state regulators found during an investigation, according to a Bradenton Herald report.
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a free, downloadable hospital emergency response checklist.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with input from other federal partners, have developed a free, downloadable checklist to help hospitals assess and improve their preparedness for responding to pandemic influenza.
Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings, answers a question submitted by a reader in response to "10 Important Steps for Sterile Processing in a Surgery Center."
Bill Heath, chief development officer at Practice Partners in Healthcare in Birmingham, Ala., makes seven key points on joint ventures between hospitals and physicians in ambulatory surgery centers.
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.
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.