Distributors of specialty pharmaceuticals for patients suffering from cancers, orphan diseases and other serious illnesses save the healthcare industry billions of dollars a year by using efficient and extensive measures to ensure their safe delivery, according to a new research…
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Chicago — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announces Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) as a corporate sponsor for the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference, which is being held June…
The Treasury Department has changed the interest rate Medicare contractors can charge or pay for claims under- and over-payments, according to an AAPC release.
Winchester (Mass.) Hospital has received an exemption from environment review for a new ambulatory surgery center it is developing, according to a report from the Winchester Star.
Scott Becker, JD, CPA, partner with McGuire Woods LLP, discusses five issues that can affect the legality of hospital/physician ASC joint ventures.
A study in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy found that multipolar electrocoagulation combined with acid suppression safely and effectively ablates nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus over the long term, according to a news release by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy news release.
A secure clinical event reporting system linked to an anesthesia information management system captured almost twice the number of adverse events as usual, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Florida Society of Pain Management President Says Law Enforcement Campaigns Threaten Legit Practices
In an editorial published in the Sun-Sentinel, Paul Sloan, president of the Florida Society of Pain Management Providers, wrote the majority of Florida's pain physicians and centers are legitimate, and law enforcement campaigns pose a threat to the existence of…
The Supreme Court will hear a case concerning a Vermont law that prohibits data mining companies from using physicians' prescription records for marketing purposes, according to a New York Times news report.
In a comparison of subacute and chronic back pain, researchers found three key differences in the clinical features of these two pain conditions, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain.