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Stuart, Fla.-based Martin Memorial Health Systems is urging the state Supreme Court to overturn an appellate decision allows an infection lawsuit against the hospital to continue, according to a TCPalm news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., has regained their Medicare/Medicaid status after CMS approved its corrective action plan following a patient safety incident involving a two-year-old girl, according to a WXII news report.
Value-priced implants, generic versions of expensive brand-name implants, can save ambulatory surgery centers a great deal of money because they can be produced by companies that don't have to pay for R&D, advertising or sales reps, said Richard A. Kube…
Like other ambulatory surgery centers in New Jersey, Short Hills Surgery Center was once 100 percent out-of-network but has been under intense pressure from the state legislature and major payors to go in-network. Nancy Easley-Mack, business office manager of the…
A small study found that distracting patients by immersing them in a virtual reality program helped reduce perceived pain, even in elderly patients who aren't acquainted with virtual computer programs, according to a report by Reuters.
Finalized standards on pain management clinics in Ohio will require operators to hold subspecialty board certification in pain management or a related field and complete continuing medical education in the field every two years, according to a report by the…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has lifted its marketing and enrollment ban on Aetna Medicare, according to an Aetna news release.
A federal appeals court has found for the second time that group purchasing organizations save money for hospitals, according to a release by the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association.