Since 2008, Douglas Johnson has served as COO of RMC MedStone Capital, a Dallas company that acquires ASCs and small, surgery-based hospitals in partnership with physicians. A seasoned professional and administrator with more than 35 years of healthcare experience, Mr.…
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Now that a 21.3 percent Medicare cut has been replaced by a 2.2 percent fee increase until Nov. 30, CMS is asking non-participating physicians to return to full participating status.
Scott Reuben, MD, anesthesiologist, pain management specialist and former chief of the Baystate Medical Center Hospital acute pain clinic in Springfield, Mass., was sentenced by a federal court on Thursday to six months in jail plus three years supervised release…
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has announced the recognition of 48 new endoscopy units through its "Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program," bringing the total of recognized units to 215.
A joint venture orthopedic surgery center being developed by Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, also based in Raleigh, has proposed adding two procedure rooms to its original plans for the facility at the cost of $4.3 million, according…
Kevin Dowdy, director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners, identifies two common mistakes ASCs make when negotiating managed care contracts.
Anthony Mai, senior vice president of Sun Healthcare Finance, offers the following four quick tips to ASC physician owners seeking financing for the structural expansion of their facility.
The conversion factor under the new fee fix is $36.8729, effective retroactively to June 1 and expiring November 30, according to an e-mail from CMS.