A federal grand jury has charged Anthony Francis Valdez, MD, with carrying out an estimated $41 million healthcare fraud scheme, according to a report by KFOXTV.com.
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In April, Lawrence Surgery Center achieved accreditation status for the third year in a row, as well as substantial compliance on all AAHC standards for the second time. Joan Shearer, administrator for Lawrence Surgery Center, a Health Inventures ASC, discusses…
With the 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut now in effect and no clear idea when Congress would fix it, recent surveys by national and state medical societies show more physicians have been limiting their numbers of Medicare patients, according…
Barry E. Roper, MD, MBA, FACS, an ophthalmologist at Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, Vir., has been named the president of the Virginia Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, according to a press release.
Cedar Park, Texas, has changed its zoning to allow for the building of a new ASC, according to a Community Impact report.
The Department of Health & Human Services has moved the implementation date of ICD-10-CM back two years, from Oct. 1, 2011, to Oct. 1, 2013, according to an AAPC report.
Kevin Dowdy is director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: When is the right time for our ASC to drop a payor and what should we do for our patients and physicians before ending the relationship?
Houston-area residents Kate Ose Olear and John Edward Perry III, MD, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report by the Courier.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has published an update on the propofol shortage.
The Senate on Friday passed a six-month fee fix, retroactive to June 1, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated the House would not pass the bill because it lacks enhanced funding for the unemployed, according to a report by…