There are several steps ambulatory surgery center administrators can take to ensure the negotiations are successful as possible. "We feel very strongly about choreographing every step of this process from the start. Know what the insurance company means to you,"…
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Drug manufacturers are already behind the curve in planning for ICD-10, according to a report written by John Hosier for Gerson Lehrman Group.
Rex Healthcare, based in Raleigh, N.C., has sold a 22 percent controlling stake in Rex Surgery Center of Cary (N.C.) to a physician group, according to a report from MedCity News.
In a settlement with the Department of Justice, Wichita Falls, Texas-based United Regional Health Care System has agreed to stop entering into contracts that improperly inhibit commercial health insurers from contracting with the system's competitors, according to a news release…
The German medical device market is estimated at $17.5 billion, the third largest medical device market in the world, according to a Research and Markets news release.
US Oncology, a division of McKesson, and iKnow, an electronic health record system, have produced oncology-specific technology, according to a McKesson news release.
Capital Region Orthopaedics in Albany, N.Y., has partnered with Albany (N.Y.) Medical College division of orthopedics and Capital Region Ambulatory Surgery Center to offer full-service orthopedic care, according to a Times-Union news report.
CVS Caremark has been sued for allegedly using confidential prescription information to promote specific medications, according to a Bloomberg report. The suit was filed by Arthur Steinberg of Richboro, Penn., and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Health and Welfare Fund…
The reduced risk of colorectal cancer associated with taking aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may be limited to individuals already at risk due to elevations in a particular inflammatory factor in the blood, according to a news release by…
Patient safety experts are calling on healthcare professionals to adopt risk-profiling as a best practice, as other high-risk industries have done, to improve patient safety, according to an article published in the Journal of Patient Safety.