A recent security breach at a Derby, Conn., hospital highlights some risks that could easily plague an ASC, an imaging center, or any physician-owned medical facility.
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The American Medical Association has released two reports to help physicians and ASCs improve quality care and patient safety.
Struggling ASCs come in all shapes and sizes. Some ASCs have enjoyed success in the past and now find their prosperity has taken a significant hit due to the many headwinds confronting the ASC industry. Others have struggled from day…
Wright Medical Center in Clarion, Iowa, will undergo an $18 million expansion which will include a new ASC, according to a report in The Wright County Monitor.
Miami-area fugitive Ernesto Angel Montaner, a massage clinic owner who was convicted of Medicare fraud, was apprehended in Costa Rica, according to a news release by the U.S. Department of State Diplomacy in Action.
Six more people involved in a ring that defrauded $4.6 million from Medi-Cal have been convicted, according to a news release published by The Orange County Register.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius appointed 28 individuals to a new committee that will review and update the criteria used to define medically underserved areas and health professional shortage areas, according to a Health…
Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare has implemented a "care transitions" initiative designed to keeping readmission rates low, according to a report by U.S. News and World Report.
The Oral Surgery Center in Woodbury, Minn., has hired Christopher J. French, MD, according to a Woodbury Bulletin report.
Montgomery Surgery Center, a 4-OR ASC in Rockville, Md., co-owned by Surgical Care Affiliates and eight physician-investors. Much of its volume comes from non-investing physicians. Alan Kravitz, MD, a general surgeon and one of the investing partners, discusses how the…