Anesthesiologists can play a leading role in defining specialty-specific disclosure practices and meet patients' needs for disclosure after unanticipated outcomes, according to a study published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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Aetna announced on June 13 that it would pay $290 million to acquire a Genworth unit that focuses on providing supplemental Medicare coverage, according to a New York Times report.
Luke Lambert, CFA, MBA, CASC, CEO of ASCOA, gave a presentation titled "A Step by Step Plan for Selling Your ASC – How to Maximize the Price, Terms and Results and How to Handle the Process" at the 9th Annual…
Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, principal with HealthCare Appraisers, gave a presentation on surgery center and healthcare transactions at the 9th Annual Becker's Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 9, 2011.
Robert Westergard, CFO of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, makes the following points on managing billing and collections to immediately improve profits. He spoke in a 90-minute workshop with two other ASCOA executives at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and…
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Rob Schwartz, executive director of the Washington, Oregon and Colorado ambulatory surgery center associations, outlined several political and regulatory concerns ASCs face on the state level.
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At the 2011 Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago, Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations and accreditation surveyor at AAAHC, outlined the most common accreditation problems plaguing orthopedic, spine and pain management-driven ambulatory surgery centers.