Hospitals are increasingly building new ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with surgeons. It is a strategy that can help the hospital strengthen relationships with physicians, prepare for reimbursement changes and defend against competing health systems, says Brandon Frazier, vice president…
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Jon Dickinson, MD, board chairman of Presidio Surgery Center in San Francisco, has been named the new team orthopedist for the Oakland Athletics after a lawsuit separated the club from its former team physician, according to an Oakland A's news…
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Following the Senate, the House passed a one-month Medicare physicians fee-fix, averting a 23 percent fee-cut two days before it was due to kick in, according to the Hill.
In a letter sent to Sens. John Thune and Mark Begich, the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and 29 other organizations announced their support of the senators' proposal to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act regarding the applicability of identity theft…
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As ASCs look for new opportunities to reduce costs, more facilities are purchasing reprocessed devices as one way to achieve savings on supplies. Before engaging the services of a third-party reprocessor, the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors suggests facilities answer…