Medicare has launched a national public outreach campaign to raise awareness about the preventive benefits now covered at no charge to patients, including the new Annual Wellness Visit benefit created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a CMS release.
The Latest
Chris Bishop, senior vice president, acquisitions and business development for Blue Chip Surgical Partners, discusses profitability and clinical efficacy of spine in ambulatory surgery centers.
The Royal College of Physicians, based in London, has published a free, downloadable toolkit focusing on patient handovers.
A new study shows antimicrobial copper surfaces used in hospital ICUs kill 97 percent of bacteria and reduce risk of acquiring an infection by 40 percent, according to a news release from the International Copper Association.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed numerous posters which provide information on hand hygiene and are available as a free download.
The American Medical Association has released its fourth annual National Health Insurer Report Card, according to an AAPC release.
The Department of Veteran Affairs National Center for Patient Safety has published a free, downloadable pamphlet for patients called "Ensuring Correct Safety."
Rosalind Richmond, CCS, interim coding compliance officer for Genascis, Raemerie Jimenez, director of education for AAPC, and Cyndee Weston, CPC, CMC, CMRS, executive director of the American Medical Billing Association, discuss six ways facilities can start preparing for ICD-10 implementation.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced the hiring of Brian J. Courtney as vice president of the clinical field specialists for the Amerinet sales team.
Here are 50 benchmarks of five top ASC specialties. Statistics come from various sources identified at the end of the column and specialties were chosen based on the top five most desirable specialties as ranked by HealthCare Appraisers. Orthopedic spine…