NovaMed has announced a tender offer to repurchase any and all of its outstanding 1 percent convertible senior subordinated notes due 2012, according to an Enhanced Online News report.
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Lower urinary tract injury following gastrointestinal surgery has increased, according to a review of data in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database.
The National Insurance Crime Bureau reported a 23 percent rise in first quarter 2011 questionable claims over the same period in 2009, according to an NICB release.
Beverly Hills Surgical Center filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court against UnitedHealth Group and OptumHealth on April 22, alleging the insurers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act through abusive overpayment recoupment practice.
Approximately 33 percent of Medicare claims for diagnostic radiology interpretation and report services submitted by hospital outpatient EDs in 2008 were paid in error, according to an OIG report and an AAPC release.
James Lynch, MD, of the Surgery Center of Reno, will discuss "Spine Surgery: The Next Five Years" at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven Ambulatory Surgery Center Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues held June 9-11,…
Nine of the nation’s 10 highest-paying positions are in the medical field, with surgeons ranking at the top with a mean annual salary of $225,390, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS has released its Occupational and Employment…
The omnibus final rule that covers changes to privacy, security, breach notification and enforcement rules under HIPAA will not include a requirement for encrypting protected health information, an HHS Office for Civil Rights official confirmed to Health Data Management.
A study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit suggests nurse-driven, open-access colonoscopy programs are as effective and safe as colonoscopy following a consultation with a gastroenterologist, according to a hospital news release.
Ambulatory surgical centers and professional anesthesiology services may boost the safety and quality of colonoscopies, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.