The FDA and the Health Resources and Services Administration have sent out a joint alert telling providers that Weck Hem-o-Lok ligating clips should not be used for the ligation of the renal artery during a laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy because of…
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Here are profiles of 29 great presidents and CEOs in the surgery center industry. Each of these presidents and CEOs is a speaker at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference: Improving Profitability and Business…
AmkaiSolutions has announced it will release the latest version of AmkaiOffice by the end of May, and the company says it will feature several new functions.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have identified 10 major public health achievements of the first 10 years of the 21st century in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 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. The hardware implants used…
CMS has told Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's in Knoxville, Tenn., that it must address patient safety issues or risk losing its Medicare funding in June, according to a report from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, based in New York, anticipates acquiring the property for Texarkana (Texas) Surgery Center, according to a report from Citybizlist (Dallas).
Here are profiles of 25 great physicians from New York. Physicians are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Note: Physicians do not pay and cannot pay to be on this list. This list is not an endorsement of any…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is asking any ASC performing total hip and knee procedures to send the responses to three questions to ASCA in an email.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has issued a brief for surgery centers to use as a guide when working with local media and public, and also in the coordination of a consistent industry-wide response, according to the ASCA's Government Update.