William Hamman, a pilot from Michigan, fooled the American Medical Association, hospitals and physicians into thinking he was a physician with proper medical training for almost 20 years, according to a Washington Post report.
The Latest
ASCs today face numerous challenges, many of which involve the revenue cycle. Several challenges are not new — decreased reimbursement, retaining competent business office staff and negotiating successful payor contracts. These issues will need to be addressed every year for…
Saint John's Health System in Anderson, Ind., will build a new surgery center on the campus of its Saint John's Medical Center, according to a report from The Herald Bulletin.
A new study reveals that the healthcare industry is progressing toward global data standards for the supply chain.
Durango Outpatient and Parkway surgery centers in Las Vegas may lose coverage from the Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, if the payor organization cannot resolve its dispute with St. Rose Dominican Hospitals over reimbursement rates,…
Here are 10 statistics on the most frequently performed ASC cases, according to data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association has issued a set of updates to the 2011 CPT codebooks, according to a report from…
In response to the Becker's Hospital Review report, "Temper AMA Panel's Power Over Physician Fees, Healthcare Economist Proposes," a comment attributed to the American Medical Association reads as the following:
Construction has been completed on an ophthalmology surgery center in Fort Myers, Fla., according to a report from the Naples Daily News.
An exciting opportunity exists as the Director of Clinical Services for Surgical Management Professionals. SMP is an organization of healthcare executives and physicians who have created a successful ambulatory surgical center/specialty hospital model.