Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware has awarded a $15,000 grant to Volunteer Ambulatory Surgical Access Program, a Dover-based organization that helps low-income patients receive free ambulatory surgery, according to a news release.
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The American College of Surgeons has announced its support for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to an ASCA release.
Five new members of Congress recently decided to cosponsor the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 16 in the House and Senate, according to an ASCA release.
The state of Oregon is now paying for obese people on the Oregon Health Plan to undergo bariatric surgery, according to a KATU report.
Kenneth Pettine, MD, is founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, and founder of the new Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery. Q: When will the new Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery officially launch? Dr. Kenneth…
Older or higher amounts of blood used for transfusion can lead to increased risk of complications, including infections and organ failure, according to a news report from Wake Forest University.
A licensed practical nurse from Bluff City, Tenn., has been put on three years' probation after the state Board of Nursing discovered she neglected patients and falsified patient records, according to a Kingsport Times-News report.
A patient recruiter from a Miami healthcare agency has pled guilty for his participation in a $25 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Vicente Guerra-Nistal pled guilty to one count of…
The CEO of a medical imaging company based in Ocoee, Fla., will be banned from doing business with Medicare for eight years after the company attempted to defraud the U.S. of $1.6 million, according to a Bloomberg report. The U.S.…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make the following 14 recommendations to prevent surgical site infections.