According to Hugh Morgan, quality assurance officer of Somnia Anesthesia, anesthesia quality has traditionally and narrowly focused on clinical quality and the prevention of medical errors. As cost-cutting and regulatory standards become more important through healthcare reform, though, anesthesia groups…
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The Joint Commission has published its latest issue of Ambulatory Advisor.
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Mona Kaul, chief coding and compliance officer of GENASCIS, which provides revenue cycle services and supporting technologies for surgery centers, discusses the following six ways ASCs can better avoid denied claims on spine procedures.
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Every ASC administrator knows infection control is important, but many ASCs still fall down on cleaning their facilities properly and preventing infection. Peter Sheldon of medical facility cleaning company Coverall offers three tricks to minimize infections and increase awareness of…