Medical Facilities Corp. (MFC) has reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2010, highlighted by a 10.9 percent increase in facility service revenue for the quarter and 5.1 percent increase in facility service revenue…
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St. Mary's Dean Ventures, based in Madison, Wis., has announced two if its ambulatory surgery centers have been awarded accreditation by The Joint Commission.
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health recently held a hearing to discuss the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) annual report, during which several members of Congress spoke in support of ambulatory surgery centers and called for parity between…
Vail Valley Medical Center, based in Vail, Col., has broken ground on a new ambulatory surgery center in Edwards, Colo., according to a report from the Vail Daily.
The following Q&A comes from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website. Q: For the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, should patient encounters in an ambulatory surgical center (Place of Service 24) be included in…
Somnia Anesthesia has issued a news release in which the national anesthesia services company defined what it is terming an "Accountable Anesthesia Organization™" (AAO).
Health insurers' decisions on applications and claims vary widely and are frequently reversed on appeal, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.
Saying the individual health insurance market is "broken," Blue Shield of California has abandoned a proposal to raise individual premiums by as much as 86.5 percent, according to Blue Shield release.
The healthcare reform law will worsen the supply of primary care physicians treating Medicaid patients because temporary increases in pay would not attract enough physicians to meet the huge expansion in Medicaid recipients, according to a study by the Center…
Even though federal and state governments and payors are making sweeping moves to contain the cost of healthcare, the prices of brand name prescription drugs are increasing rapidly, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.