One in four Americans struggled to pay their medical bills last year, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Fund reported in Kaiser Health News.
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QSE Technologies, an information technology general contractor, has announced the launching of its new SmartMonitor service, which provides ongoing monitoring of key server operations and processes, on a 15-minute interval, for all covered servers.
Baltimore ophthalmologist Arthur Kiely, MD, has been charged with fraudulently billing thousands of dollars for hundreds of medically unnecessary eye procedures performed on dozens of patients, according to a Baltimore Sun report. The 33-page civil lawsuit, filed by the U.S.…
Fort Sam Houston, Texas-based U.S. Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia Nursing and Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University tied for first place in nurse anesthesia graduate programs out of 113 schools surveyed, according to a report from U.S. News and World Report.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses has released a new educational model to help assess the knowledge of preventing retained surgical items, according to a news release.
The new outpatient CPT modifier 33 is the "most noteworthy" change in CMS' Outpatient Code Editor Version 12.1, effective April 4, according to an AAPC report.
Rolapitant, a potent, selective NK1 receptor antagonist, reduces the incidence of vomiting in a dose-dependent manner after surgery, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Physicians are much more likely to recommend weight loss for obese arthritis patients but still need to work on providing guidance about exercise and other pain management techniques to individuals with arthritis, according to the U.S. News & World Report.
Research findings show polypectomy rates have a high correlation to adenoma detection rates and can thus serve as a useful quality measure for GI physicians, according to a study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Researchers found large colonic polyps, which are traditionally managed surgically, can be safely and effective managed by endoscopy, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.