Losing a key physician is a scary prospect for an ambulatory surgery center because it can mean taking a big hit in surgical case volume, says Mike Lipomi, president and CEO of Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D. Here…
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State providers and healthcare experts are debating the merits of a bill introduced by Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) that would create a single-payor healthcare system in California, according to a California Heathline report.
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The Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission has charged two unnamed nurses at Seattle Children's Hospital with unprofessional conduct and violations of nursing standards in separate cases of medical errors, according to a Seattle Times news report.
Researchers from Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, have found adults, regardless of age, who are insured by Medicare, Medicaid or both are at much higher risk of being hospitalized with sepsis compared to those who have private…
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced David N. Gans, MHSA, FACMPE, and Martin L. Gonzalez, MS, have been named to the AAAHC Institute's board of trustees.
Here are seven questions about the services provided by surgery center management and development companies, according to data from HealthCare Appraisers' 2010 ASC Valuation Survey. Editor's note: The most common responses are bolded.
Chicago (May 24, 2011) — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announces a complimentary educational webinar for ambulatory surgery center leadership — "Valuation Issues Impacting ASCs" — on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, from 1:15 CDT-2:15 CDT.
Chicago — Matthew D. Saltzman, MD, an assistant professor at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery who specializes in shoulder and elbow surgery, will present on "Reducing the Risk of Surgical Site Infections:…
Here are 11 pain management physicians who accepted new positions in 2011.