Considering the growing trends of physician employment by hospitals and hospital acquisition and integration of ambulatory surgery centers, seven ambulatory surgery center physician-owners discuss whether they expect to still maintain ownership in an ASC in five years, as well as…
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The oncologist who ran Pacific Coast Hematology/Oncology Medical Group in Fountain Valley, Calif., has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for submitting bills for drugs that cancer patients never received, according to a Daily Pilot report. Glen R. Justice,…
Avera St. Luke's hospital-based physician anesthesiology group, Anesthesia Care Ltd., has joined Avera Medical Group, according to an Aberdeen News release.
Mounting evidence suggests that repeated exposure to commonly inhaled anesthesia drugs can push an aging brain toward dementia, according to an Idaho Statesman report.
Hospitals and surgery centers across the country have struggled recently in the face of severe drug shortages. Here are five updates on how drug shortages are affected U.S. facilities.
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Ambulatory Alliances has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held…
B. Braun Medical's renal therapies division has announced the availability of the Plasmat Futura System for heparin-induced extracorporeal lipoprotein precipitation (HELP) LDL Apheresis therapy.
Baxa Corp., a medical device company providing technologies for fluid handling and delivery, has announced it is paying tribute to facilities and communities that take action to strengthen patient safety practices and policies as its way or honoring the 11th…
Federal regulators have granted Iowa health insurance companies more time to comply with a new cost-cutting rule, following a request by the Iowa Insurance Division for an extension, according to a Des Moines Register report.
The eggs of a parasitic worms found in pigs could be used to treat Crohn's disease, an autoimmune condition that disrupts the intestinal tract, according to a report by the Boston Globe.