The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a patient fact sheet called "20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors." This fact sheet is not only valuable for patients but providers can use it as well. Consider providing these…
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Three bills related to eliminating healthcare reform tax on medical device manufacturers have already been introduced in Congress, and two more are expected to be introduced shortly, according to a report from The Hill.
The Greensboro (N.C.) Specialty Surgical Center will now offer outpatient spine and pain surgeries through a Moses Cone Health System, Carolina Neurosurgery and Vanguard Brain and Spine partnership, according to a report from The Business Journal.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a proposed rule that would require Medicare providers and suppliers to notify Medicare beneficiaries of their right to contact their state's Medicare quality improvement organization if they have concerns about the…
Here are reports about 19 new surgery centers which opened or were announced in January.
If federal antitrust guidelines were applied to health insurance markets, 99 percent of them would be deemed "highly concentrated," according to an AMA release.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has reported that some carriers are not recognizing the PT modifier for ASC claims, according to an Ambulatory Surgery Center Association release.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and the Illinois Hospital Association are partnering on a new initiative to significantly reduce readmission rates at Illinois hospitals by 2014, according to a release by the hospital association.
Pointing to a federal judge's decision to strike down the healthcare reform law, Physician Hospitals of America and Texas Spine and Joint Hospital have filed a motion to invalidate the ban on physician-owned hospitals, according to a PHA release.
Here are 12 statistics on GI/endoscopy based on number of operating rooms, according to data from VMG Health’s Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.