Pedro Vergne-Marini, MD, managing member of Physicians Capital Investments discusses five considerations for physicians when deciding whether to invest in a new surgery center.
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The following article is written by Rosalind Richmond, chief coding and compliance officer for GENASCIS. CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Pain relief procedures not specified to…
A provision that would require healthcare workers to wash their hands between patients has been cut out of a patient safety bill moving through the Nevada legislature, according to a report by the Reno Gazette Journal.
Joan Eliasek is senior vice president of marketing and supplier management with McKesson Medical-Surgical, a subsidiary of McKesson Corp., one of the nation's largest pharmaceutical distributors. Q: What do you recommend ambulatory surgery centers do to ensure they have…
Surgeons at Orthopedic & Sports Institute of the Fox Valley in Appleton, Wis., needed to take at least five steps before they could move total joint replacements from the hospital to its ambulatory surgery center, which is co-owned by seven…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has commended HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and HHS for its framework to establish a Medicare value-based purchasing (VBP) program for ambulatory surgery centers but also expressed concern over suggested delays in its implementation, according…
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The following article is written by Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president of Ellis Medical Consulting. Fusions are also called…
Jeffrey Wasserman, MD, a pain management physician with Pinnacle Pain Management in Dallas, discusses the role of pain management physicians in managing medication for back pain patients.
The University of Massachusetts Medical School has received a $12 million federal grant to lead a consortium that will create a research registry for total joint replacements, according to a news report by The Telegram & Gazette.
One in three patients experience adverse events during their hospital stay, and approximately 7 percent undergo permanent harm or die as a result, according to an American Medical News report. The report, which cites a study from the April issue…