Here are 50 statistics on medical coder salary based on state, according to AAPC's 2010 Medical Coding Salary Survey.
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EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA in Germany, has agreed to pay $44.3 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations over the marketing of Rebif, a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis, according to a news release from…
New Jersey's 230 ambulatory surgery centers contributed $2.6 billion to the state's economy, paid $60.3 million in taxes and employed more than 6,000 people in 2009, according to an economic impact study conducted by Oxford Outcomes for the New Jersey…
Eastern Long Island Hospital in New York is moving forward with plans for a $2 million expansion of its ambulatory surgical unit, following rapid growth in the hospital's number of outpatient surgeries, according to a Suffolk Times report.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has released a plan to reduce prescription drug abuse that includes education, tracking and monitoring, proper medication disposal and enforcement.
Ninety-five percent of Americans want their physicians to participate in a program to maintain their board certification, and nearly half would look for a new physician if they learned theirs did not participate, according to a survey commissioned by the…
NovaMed, an operator of ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physicians, announced yesterday the completion of its merger with Surgery Center Holdings ("Surgery Partners"), according to a Sun Herald report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA reported an increase in inpatient and outpatient volumes for the first quarter of 2011 compared to the previous year, according to a Business Wire report.
B. Braun Melsungen AG, a German-based medical device company, and its United States subsidiary B. Braun Medical have obtained a permanent injunction in its patent infringement case against Japanese company Terumo, according to a B. Braun news release.
Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius marked the 12th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine's study on hospital-acquired infections by applauding hospitals for joining the department's public-private partnership on HAIs, according to a report by The Hill.