Illinois authorities said 370 applications were submitted for the state's Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan in just the first few hours of submissions, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times.
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The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have released revised horizontal merger guidelines — the first time the guidelines have been revised in 18 years, according to a report by the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced more than $32 million in funds have been released to increase access to healthcare in rural areas.
Gastroenterologist William Sandborn, MD, has been named the Division Chief for Gastroenterology in the University of California, San Diego Department of Medicine, according to a news release from UCSD.
Anesthesiologist Julia A. Rygaard, MD, has established her medical practice with OU Physicians, the largest physician group in Oklahoma, and was also named an associate professor with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, according to a news release from…
Jon O'Sullivan, senior partner and founding member of valuation and transaction advisor VMG Health, has spent his career providing financial guidance to ASCs and other healthcare organizations. In a 2010 interview with Becker's ASC Review, he discussed issues that affect…
Aspen Surgery Center in Simi Valley, Calif., recently hosted two high school interns, giving the students a first-hand look at the ASC's operations and the work of its surgeons, according to a Ventura County Star report.
Business Administrator Sarah Sterling of Post Street Surgery Center in San Francisco provides some of the surgery center's best practices in successfully recruiting physicians.
Lobbying groups backing healthcare reform are abandoning claims that the new law would reduce the deficit and are now stressing promises to "improve" the deficit, according to a report by the Hill.
Administrator Georganna Howell of Baltimore-based Greenspring Surgery Center offers three best practices on how to cut an ASC's supplies and materials costs.