A recent policy analysis by the National Institute for Health Care Reform suggests that the $5 billion allocated to operate temporary high-risk pools for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions until 2014, when insurers will be required to provide coverage to…
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Houston Northwest Medical Center's bariatric program, Well Beginnings, has again been chosen as an OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence, according to an HNMC news release.
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Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, suggests ASCs analyze the following eight items and share the data with their physicians on a monthly basis.
Ross Alexander, MBA, the administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), a multi-specialty ASC owned and managed by a group of surgeons, Poudre Valley Health System and Surgical Care Affiliates, shares some ideas on how surgery centers can…
The survival and success of ASCs relies on recruiting physicians who can bring patients to the table, and having enough physicians and cases to keep ASCs profitable. But many ASCs are finding that recruiting new physicians to help the facility…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued a ruling essentially stating that proceedings performed by, or at the request of, peer review committees, including the quality committee, are confidential, according to Thomas J. Pliura, MD, JD, PC, physician attorney and founder…
This article previously appeared in AmkaiSolutions' May 2010 Newsletter. To sign up for AmkaiSolutions' mailing list, click here.As technology-savvy people, we know that many of the conversations we have with doctors, administrators and staff at ASCs are full of technical…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Here are the 2010 Medicare payments for 23 hernia procedures in the ASC setting.
From 1998-2008, the number of bariatric surgeries performed in the U.S. soared from 13,386 to 220,000, but there are significant variances in complication rates and length of stay related to the procedure, according to a new study from healthcare ratings…