An article published in the March 2011 edition of MGMA Connexion debunks four common coding myths, according to an AAPC release.
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The following article is written by Bradley J. Catalone, MD, director of clinical affairs, and Mary Ann Drosnock, infection control scientist, for Olympus America. Automated endoscope reprocessors (AERs) have been receiving a great deal of increased attention lately due…
On March 2, leadership from the American Society of Anesthesiologists met with CMS administrator Don Berwick, MD, MPP, and other CMS staff members to discuss patient safety, meaningful use and payment issues, according to an ASA news release.
The following article is written by Richard Peters, senior director of product management for Provista. Access to capital dollars to fund renovations, expansions and new building projects has been next to impossible for non-acute healthcare organizations over the past…
Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal of ASCOA, says the company evaluates about two "broken" ambulatory surgery centers every week to consider for a potential partnership and a subsequent turnaround. Here are six elements Dr. Lambert and Luke Lambert, CEO of…
Researchers found triggers can be used to identify where adverse events are most likely to occur in outpatient surgery, according to an article published in Journal of Patient Safety.
Research results show the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee's recommendations for measuring infection with multidrug-resistant organisms are useful but difficult to implement, according to an…
Using a safety attitudes questionnaire can be useful in measuring the effectiveness of patient safety improvement initiatives, according to an article published in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center is scheduled to open a new outpatient surgery center in June, according to a report from The Jersey Journal.
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