The American Academy of Pediatrics says healthcare providers must assume responsibility for patient outcomes, identify and report errors and adverse events and disseminate proven patient safety interventions to prevent errors and eliminate avoidable harm to pediatric patients, according to an…
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The Senate declined on May 25 to consider a House-approved plan to cut U.S. spending by $4 trillion over the next decade, an initiative that would have involved significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid, according to an American Medical News…
The Florida Division of Administrative Hearings has recommended the state Board of Medicine dismiss a complaint against Enrique Puig, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist based in Winter Haven, according to a Ledger report.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has stopped using cats to train physicians to insert breathing tubes in premature babies, according to a Columbus Dispatch report.
Twelve California hospitals have been penalized with varying fines for failing to meet licensing requirements that caused or was likely to cause serious injury or death to patients, according to a department news release.
State regulators have fined Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., $50,000 for failing to follow safety procedures for a drug administered to surgical patients, according to a Modesto Bee report.
A recent webinar, "Maximizing Reimbursement for ASCs," discussed how surgery centers can improve revenue cycle processes to achieve appropriate reimbursement. The presenter, Caryl Serbin of SourceMedical Revenue Cycle Solutions, discussed each step of the revenue cycle process and shared tips…
Specialty choice can make or break an ASC, depending on reimbursement rates, supply costs, case volume and availability of market share. Here is a list of the six "best" specialties for ASCs, based on several advisors' assessments, ranked in order…
N.J. Assemblyman Herb Conaway Jr., MD (D-Burlington County), the only physician in the New Jersey Legislature, has introduced legislation that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers, according to Jeffrey Shanton, chair of the advocacy and legislative affairs committee…
After the Florida legislature passed a statewide crackdown on pain clinics, Sarasota County commissioners considered further measures against pill mills, according to a report by Sarasota Patch.