The Mayfield Clinic in Cincinnati has announced its spine surgery center has partnered with United Surgical Partners International and The Christ Hospital to expand services and capacity.
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Brien Fausone, administrator of Michigan Endoscopy Center, a single-specialty GI ASC managed by Physicians Endoscopy, offers the following three tips to increase room turnover time.
ASCs have long relied on general anesthesia with "breathing tube" devices, followed by narcotic-based based pain management in surgery patients. The use of opioids, however, has led many facilities to accept a high risk of PONV, excessive pain (if undertreated…
If your ASC is losing money or not profiting the way it once was, there are likely a number of contributing factors. Some of these issues may be fixable without any outside help, but sometimes an objective third party is…
April Sackos, director of business office operations for Meridian Surgical Partners, shares two pieces of advice to help an ASC maintain a good collections process.
During the week of June 7, a number of media outlets around the country featured coverage critical of the ASC industry, emphasizing elevated infection rates at these facilities. However, most of the coverage featured isolated incidents at a small number…
Lawrence D. Jaeger, DO, a New York-based dermatologist has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle allegations by the U.S. Department of Justice that he submitted false claims to Medicare and the New York Medicaid program for services performed at…
As part of the health reform law, Medicare Part D beneficiaries with large drug payments are getting $250 checks from CMS to cover a previous gap in Medicare payments, dubbed the "donut hole," according to a report by the Arizona…
The Senate will not vote on a proposed Medicare physician fee-fix before Tuesday, when CMS will have to begin processing bills with a 21.3 percent cut, according to a report by the Hill.
A poll of physicians found only 12.5 percent of them supported the AMA's viewpoint on proposed coverage expansions in last year's health reform, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.