Crow Valley Surgery Center in Bettendorf, Iowa, has achieved reaccreditation by the AAAHC, according to a Quad Cities Online report.
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Symbion has entered into a new partnership with Great Falls (Mont.) Clinic, according to a report from the Great Falls Tribune and a news release from Symbion.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released the Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care. Melissa Schaefer, MD, medical officer in CDC's Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, discusses how outpatient facilities can maximize…
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SourceMedical has announced it has partnered with Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) to allow IDS to provide document scanning and outsourced paper imaging services to help SourceMedical's clients.
Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport, N.Y., expects to receive contingent approval from the state health department to open a $5.6 million ambulatory surgery center, according to a Buffalo Business First report.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a video on YouTube featuring footage from its April ICD-10 Code-a-Thon, according to an AAPC report.
A patient received a $650,000 settlement from Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., to settle a lawsuit regarding a retained foreign object and medication error, according to a Sun-Sentinel report.
Florida hospitals and surgery centers reported less patient mortalities due to medical errors compared to previous years, though cases of serious harm have not decreased, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel report.
A pain management physician from Clearwater, Fla., has been found not guilty of six counts of Medicare fraud, according to a St. Petersburg Times report. Authorities claimed Jayam Krishna Iyer, MD, submitted approximately $457,000 in claims for services performed by…