In commentary issued to CMS, the Medical Device Manufacturers Association has restated their stance that payments to group purchasing organizations should be covered under "sunshine" provisions for transparency and competition purposes.
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PINNACLE III is a Colorado-based company, just outside of Denver, which provides ASC management and development as well as billing services. Since 1999, PINNACLE III has served multiple clients from single-specialty practices, physician-owned ASCs to multi-specialty joint ventures with hospital…
ASD Management is a privately-held and -funded ASC management and development company. Since its roots in the late 1970s, the firm has developed hundreds of new centers and redeveloped existing centers in 45 states.
Jim Stilley, CEO of Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., has enjoyed a great relationship with his center's hospital partner for the last six years, benefiting from strategic input, cheaper supplies and help from the hospital's many available…
Commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a need for pediatric-specific quality measures for infection prevention and treatment, according to a news release.
Women's level of education may predict their choice to use epidural or spinal anesthesia during a singleton birth via vaginal delivery, according to a study published in National Vital Statistics Reports.
Commensal genomes for E. coli differ from typical E. coli, and these differences could have implications for reliable diagnosis and regulation of pathogenic E. coli in addition to the coliform cell-counting test, according to a study published in Proceedings of…
In a relatively new trend, a small number of physicians are requiring patients to sign waivers agreeing to not share their experience online.
A decrease in demand for outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and physician office visits spurred a 20 percent drop in net income for not-for-profit Novant Health in 2010, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
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. A diskectomy is an…