Retaliation is one of the fastest-growing categories of employment litigation. Hospitals can be charged with allegations of retaliation or discrimination by employees who have blown the whistle on false claims activity or complained of other improper conduct. If a hospital…
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The Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society has announced its support of a bill which would require managed care plans in the state to use "usual and customary" charges based on the 85th percentile of FAIR Health's outpatient rates database for…
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare occurrence in ambulatory surgery centers, but when it occurs, the ASC must be prepared to respond properly and without hesitation. Time lost trying to determine how to respond to the crisis could lead to a…
A gynecologist from Monroe, N.C., has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations that she billed state Medicaid for six years’ worth of services never rendered, according to a Charlotte Observer report. Latika Patel, MD, owns Carolina Obstetrics and Gynecology…
Regent Surgical Health has named Kathleen Bernicky, RN, BSN, its new director of clinical operations.
The Kimblery-Clark Education Bus is a mobile classroom that brings accredited CE on healthcare-associated infections and other critical healthcare issues to cities across North America. Last year, the bus visited 79 locations in the United States and Canada, visiting 60…
The new benefit for preventive colonoscopies in the healthcare reform law is complicating collection efforts for providers such as gastroenterologists' offices and ASCs, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
The following article is written by Daniel J. Tomes, MD, partner and president of Southwest Lincoln (Neb.) Surgery Center, a Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners facility. Eighteen months ago, on the eve of opening the Southwest Lincoln Surgery Center (SWLSC),…
Jan Davidson, RN, MSN, is the new AORN perioperative education specialist who has a focus on ambulatory surgery centers. Q: Is there a regulatory guideline for disposing of suction canisters following GI endoscopy procedures? Our ASC currently disposes the…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Maury Regional Medical Center in Columbia, Tenn., has selected ProVation Order Sets as the hospital's electronic order set solution.