Jeff Leland, managing director of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, explains six things to know about how spine surgeons might fit into accountable care organizations.
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ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. During the survey, the ASC was praised for its time-out policy and procedure.
Jeff Leland, managing director of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners, identifies five ways ASCs unintentionally waste money.
ASCs are experiencing increased pressure to demonstrate low incidence of infection and compliance to infection prevention rules and regulations. Louise Dechesser, a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, says infection control is a challenge ASCs across the…
CMS is hosting an open forum teleconference on and seeking comments about a future ASC value-based purchasing program.
Caryl Serbin, president and founder of Serbin Surgery Center Billing, offers the following 12 best practices for analyzing business terms in proposed ASC payor contracts.
With all the challenges ASCs are currently facing — decreased Medicare reimbursement, a struggling economy and increased competition — it has become more important than ever that ASCs work to increase profits by saving every dollar and avoiding monetary waste.…
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence a Haysville, Kan., physician and his wife to life in prison for allegations including healthcare fraud and false prescriptions, according to a Kansas City Star news report.
The debate over whether CRNAs should be allowed to administer anesthesia without physician supervision has continued throughout the country on the heels of Colorado becoming the 16th state to opt out of the federal Medicare rule.
A new study by Canadian researchers published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology reveals colonoscopies may miss nearly 8 percent (or one in every 13) of colon cancers, according to The AJC.