Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) has requested an investigation of drug shortages in a letter to the Government Accountability Office, according to an ASA release.
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Intubation with an Airway Scope offered high success rates when tracheal intubation is required in a laterally positioned patient, according to a study published in the March 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
At a March 10 meeting on anesthesia in pediatric patients, the Food and Drug Administration concluded that information is insufficient to draw a definitive conclusion on the effects of anesthesia on cognitive function in young children, according to an ASA…
A "cross-talk" between two major biological pathways may present new options for controlling pain, according to a study by University of California researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The American Medical Association has updated its CPT 2011 corrections document, adding several grammatical corrections and changes to parenthetical notes and code descriptions, according to an AAPC release.
Postoperative location, urinary catheter placement, implantable device, race and age were independent predictors of surgical site infections in children, whereas wound classification and antibiotic administration were not, according to a study published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
National Government Services, the jurisdiction B Medicare administrative contractor, reminds providers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies to submit monthly claims for repetitive serves and items in sequence, according to an AAPC release.
A recent study by the Government Accountability Office offers five key strategies to reduce fraud and waste in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The study outlines various GAO recommendations and provisions in recently enacted laws to carry out these strategies.
The following article is written by Christopher L. Suscha, vice president, de novo business development for Meridian Surgical Partners. Spine procedures in the outpatient setting are becoming more prevalent. With advances in technology and anesthesia, we are seeing a…
The following article is written by Pamela Dembski Hart, CHSP, BS, MT (ASCP), principal of Healthcare Accreditation Resources. The nation is witnessing an alarming growth of patient-to-patient transmission of infectious diseases in outpatient settings. In the last decade, as…