As Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program gears up for its Saturday launch, critics renew their warnings that the program will put patients in jeopardy, according to a Press-Enterprise report.
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A new report from Piribo forecasts global demand for medical disposable products to increase 5.5 percent annually through 2014, driven by wound management supplies, and diagnostic and lab disposables.
Lower-cost generic medical devices may become more widespread in coming years, according to a white paper published by business intelligence consulting firm Fuld & Company.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists, along with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants and the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, has sent a joint letter to The Joint Commission, urging action on a number of…
Incoming Florida Gov. Rick Scott has announced he will eliminate the Office of Drug Control once he takes office as part of his plan to contain wasteful government spending, according to a Miami Herald report.
An Oct. 2010 report from the Institute of Medicine urges policymakers to remove barriers that prevent nurses from practicing to the full extent of their training.
Here are five best practices for improving profits at your GI/endoscopy-driven ASC. 1. Add a procedure that competitors don’t offer. Philip Grossman, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, CEO and medical director of Kendall Endoscopy and Surgery Center in Miami, says…
Researchers suggest an investigational DNA methylation test could possibly help in the detection of colorectal cancer, according to a study published in Gastroenterology.
Incorporating new data from the third quarter of 2010, the AHA's RACTrac survey of participating hospitals made the following findings about denials by Medicare recovery audit contractors in the first three quarters of 2010.
Tom George, an anesthesiologist who served for a decade in the Michigan Legislature before an unsuccessful run as the 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate, will return to full-time medicine in 2011, according to a report from the Kalamazoo Gazette.