An Oct. 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine urges policymakers to remove barriers that prevent nurses from practicing to the full extent of their training.
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Here are five best practices for improving profits at your GI/endoscopy-driven ASC. 1. Add a procedure that competitors don’t offer. Philip Grossman, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, CEO and medical director of Kendall Endoscopy and Surgery Center in Miami, says…
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Incorporating new data from the third quarter of 2010, the AHA's RACTrac survey of participating hospitals made the following findings about denials by Medicare recovery audit contractors in the first three quarters of 2010.
Tom George, an anesthesiologist who served for a decade in the Michigan Legislature before an unsuccessful run as the 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate, will return to full-time medicine in 2011, according to a report from the Kalamazoo Gazette.
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Three wrong-level spinal surgeries at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston from September to October show the challenge of identifying correct vertebrae even at one of the better hospitals, according to a news report by the Boston Globe.
Anesthesiologist Scott D. Augustine, MD, has told hospitals to stop using a device he invented during certain operations, suggesting it may pose a danger to patients, according to a New York Times report.
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California, Maryland, New Jersey, Alaska, Massachusetts and Hawaii were the top paying states for coders in 2010, according to data released in AAPC's 2010 Salary Survey.