U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has agreed to hear a lawsuit by 20 state Attorneys General against the healthcare reform law, according to a Reuters report.
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Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health Systems has agreed to pay the state of Georgia nearly $2.4 million to settle a Medicaid billing investigation for both inpatient and outpatient services at five WellStar hospitals — Cobb Memorial Hospital, WellStar Kennestone Hospital ,…
Goshen (Ind.) Health System has selected Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation MD software for use in Goshen General Hospital, according to a news release.
McKesson's stock jumped 5.4 percent on Wednesday after the company said it expected to hit fiscal-year guidance, according to the Wall Street Journal and industry reports.
Assuming the Republicans win big in the Nov. 2 Congressional elections, can the healthcare reform law be repealed, defunded or watered down in some way?
The ASC Association has released the results of its 2010 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey. 1,260 ASCs participated in this year's survey.
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. By AMA standards, an epidurogram is more than visualizing the contrast flow in the spine during and/or after an injection;…
At a time when many surgery centers are struggling, Connecticut's West Hartford Surgery Center is celebrating a successful three-year anniversary.
The relationship between an anesthesiologist and a surgeon can be fractious, especially when the two providers disagree about a patient safety issue or butt heads over scheduling. As data management systems become more commonplace in hospitals and surgery centers, anesthesiologists…
Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., explains how technology-related costs at the orthopedic surgery center are maintained.