Innovative Resources Group, doing business as APS Healthcare Midwest of White Plains, N.Y., will pay $13 million to the federal government and the state of Georgia to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicaid for specialty services not…
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Jack Wagner is president of Micro-Scientific, a producer and distributor of anitmicrobial products based in Illinois. Q: How can I tell if a disinfectant I am using is actually a legal product and its use in my ambulatory surgery…
University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tenn., has announced the opening of its new freestanding outpatient surgery center.
Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce Mike Ditka, legendary NFL player and coach, as a keynote speaker at the…
Medicaid currently accounts for one-third of all cases at Bidwell Surgery Center, a five-OR ambulatory surgery center in Middletown, Ohio. "There's absolutely no room for fat on the bone," says Chuck Brown, administrator of this multispecialty ASC, a joint venture…
in2itive Business Solutions, a healthcare revenue management and consulting firm, has announced it has seen its client base grow 500 percent while increasing its workforce tenfold.
Several recently published studies have demonstrated positive outcomes from the utilization of transoral incisionless fundoplication for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.
Legislation introduced by California Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) and sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United would enforce fines for hospitals that demonstrate "a pattern of violation" of hospital staffing law, according to a CNA news release.