A physician from Jacksonville, Fla., has been sentenced to 28 months in prison and $475,000 in fines for concealing information in medical records to obtain Medicare and Medicaid payments, according to an ENC Today report. Along with 28 months imprisonment,…
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Here are recent reports on 10 new ambulatory surgery centers opened or under construction by hospitals or health systems.
University General Health System in Houston has completed the acquisition of a minority interest in ASP of Dickinson LLP, d/b/a Mainland Surgery Center, in Dickinson, Texas, according to a system release.
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Hospitals and surgery centers across the country are struggling with shortages of critical anesthetics and other drugs. A recent survey by the American Society of Anesthesiologists found more than 90 percent of anesthesiologist respondents are currently experiencing a shortage of…
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital has announced it has broken ground on a new ambulatory surgery center.
Research to be presented at Digestive Disease Week shows people 65 and older face increased risks following bariatric surgery, according to a report from Medical News Today.
Ray Elliott, president and CEO of Boston Scientific, will retire by the end of the year, according to a release by the company.
Short Hills Surgery Center in Millburn, N.J., is the largest ASC in the state by size, with eight ORs. Here Nancy Easley-Mack, LPN, business office manager of the surgery center, discusses five steps in moving from out-of-network to in-network reimbursement.…
A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that intensive care units that used the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program stopped central line-associated bloodstream infections for up to two years, according to a press release by the Agency for…