T.K. Miller, MD, medical director of Roanoke (Va.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, cites 10 assertions payors make in contract negotiations and how he would respond.
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Somnia Anesthesia, a physician-owned anesthesia management company, has announced it has partnered with St. Barnabas Hospital in Bronx, N.Y., to provide a total service solution for anesthesia services.
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Eric Lederman, MD, is one of only four surgeons in Missouri who can perform da Vinci robot-assisted colorectal surgery and is the first surgeon to utilize the technique at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, according to a news…
CareFusion Corporation, a medical technology based in San Diego, has announced an agreement to sell its International Surgical Products distribution business to Medline for approximately $130 million, according to a CareFusion news release.
The Office of Inspector General has released a list of the country’s 10 most-wanted healthcare fraudsters, who have allegedly cost taxpayers more than $124 million collectively, according to an OIG news release. The Most-Wanted Fugitives List includes photos and profiles…
Two surgeons from Wisconsin are utilizing transoral incisionless fundoplication to help relieve patients of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a Post Crescent news report.
Vision-based hand gesture recognition technology could be the way of the future for hospital or ASC operating rooms, as it could help reduce the risk of infection and delays in surgery, according to Purdue University news release.
In 2004, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality developed the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture", a staff survey designed to help hospitals and other providers assess the culture of safety in their institutions. Since then, hundreds of hospitals…
The University of Houston is building an ambulatory surgery center for its College of Optometry as part of the institution's new Health and Biomedical Sciences Center in Houston, according to a news release from the school.