Taking a closer look at the recent Annual Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees, a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by two critics of the healthcare reform law predicted it would "gut" the Medicare program, significantly cut payments to…
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Hospitals looking to develop accountable care organizations face the same regulatory concerns and hurdles that hospitals have long grappled with in their physician integration efforts. Specifically, ACOs must ensure that their agreements with physicians do not violate anti-kickback statutes, Stark…
On Aug. 31, the HHS Office of Inspector General released an Advisory Opinion regarding the provision of free pre-authorization services by a hospital for diagnostic imaging services provided by the hospital.
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, provider of medical billing and practice management services for ASCs, physicians and other healthcare providers, has appointed David M. Barrett, MD, CEO and chairperson of the board of governors of Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., to the…
Here are 10 recent infection control downloadable tools, practical guidance columns and other resources for ASCs.
MedAssets has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Broadlane Group for $850 million, creating an entity that would serve as many as 4,400 hospitals through various services, including group purchasing, according to a release by MedAssets.
Pain specialist Mark T. Malone, MD, has opened a new ASC in Round Rock, Texas, and completed renovations on a clinic, according to a report in the Austin Business Journal.
Construction for a new ASC for Central Florida Health Alliance is expected to begin in the fall, according to a report in the Florida Real Estate Journal.
CMS requires physicians to be included in infection control education, which is why Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., puts its physicians through infection control orientation.
North American Surgery, a firm that arranges surgeries for self-paying patients, gets countless inquiries from surgical hospitals and ASCs in the United States about its rates. When facilities learn they'll need to provide steep discounts, four out of five never…