Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., explains how the surgery center ensures medical charts are completely and accurately filled out according to standards set by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care.
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The Surgery Center of Wisconsin Rapids (Wis.) has been re-accredited by the Accreditation Associated for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a Wausau Daily Herald report.
A family practitioner in Merrillville, Ind., has entered a guilty plea for fraudulently prescribing pain medications and will testify against the owner of a medical laboratory who has been charged with healthcare fraud, according to a Post-Tribune report.
Dianne Wallace, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, discusses three ways the surgery center has expanded the GI specialty at its multi-specialty ASC.
Dianne Wallace, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, explains how the surgery center has implemented benchmarking processes as part of its larger quality improvement program to meet the standards set by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health…
Cindy Evans, vice president of ambulatory and regional services at Seattle (Wash.) Children's Hospital, which opened Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center in July, discusses a challenge of opening a new ASC and how the center is working to overcome that.
Cindy Evans, vice president of ambulatory and regional services at Seattle (Wash.) Children's Hospital which opened Bellevue Clinic and Surgery Center in July, shares three ways the pediatric multi-specialty ASC is working to stay competitive in the market.
Here are 26 statistics about average implant cost for the top orthopedic procedure — arthroscopy, knee, surgical; with meniscectomy, medial OR lateral, including any meniscal shaving — by state, according to weekly data from Genascis. Data was unavailable for states…
Somnia Anesthesia Services has issued a white paper entitled "Anesthesia Staffing Models That Drive Value and Improve Quality: How the Right Model Delivers Efficiencies, Revenue and Clinical Quality Excellence."
Performing complex spine surgeries in an ASC provides both financial and quality of care benefits to the facility, its surgeons and, most importantly, to its patients. ASCs offer flexibility of scheduling, on-time starts, low infection rates, reduced costs and high…