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Joyce K. (Deno) Thomas, senior vice president operations for Regent Surgical Health, explains why some physician-owners of ASCs start to forget that their ASC needs to be a top priority to succeed. Joyce Thomas: Once the ASC is up and…
There are two periods of time during which an anesthesiologist may request to have a case at an ASC cancelled — during the pre-op screening process and on the day of the procedure, according to Thomas Wherry, MD, principal of…
Regent Surgical Health has named John Phelps III as its new director of physician marketing.
"You can't manage what you don't measure" — words to live by, according to many ASC administrators. Aaron Murski, senior manager at VMG Health discusses 10 statistics every ASC should track and how frequently they should be tracked to ensure…
Jane Kirk MSN, RN, CIC, clinical specialist, advised GOJO Industries, a leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings, about the basics of good hand hygiene practices. Even with all of the technology that…
Simi Valley (Calif.) Hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.15 million in order to settle allegations that the hospital filed fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to a Pacific Coast Business Times news report.
Barbara Haynes, a circuit court judge who ruled in favor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in a malpractice lawsuit, is now under fire for not disclosing that she sits on the board of that hospital, according to…
A former podiatrist, who practiced in Gates, N.Y., and pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud charges, has avoided the five years of prison time recommended by prosecutors, according to a WHEC news report.
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control assessed whether specific secondary ICD-9-CM infection codes could act as predictors of surgical site infections, according to the study's abstract.