National Anesthesia Services is celebrating its 21st anniversary of providing medical staffing solutions, including anesthesiologists and CRNAs on both a locum tenens and permanent basis, for hospitals, surgery centers and medical facilities throughout the United States, according to a National…
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has named Robert Beck as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development.
Groundbreaking for Pine Ridge Surgery Center in Wausau, Wis., took place May 27, according to the Wausau Daily Herald.
ASC executives and back specialists say that pine surgery is the last, great, untapped frontier — the final medical specialty and potential ASC business line remaining relatively unexploited.
Five states represent nearly 40 percent of the total ASC operating rooms in the United States. Here is a breakdown of ORs by state as a percentage of total ASC ORs in the country, according to SDI.
In today's fluctuating economy, ASCs are looking for ways to increase their reimbursement while remaining competitive and compliant. The first place to look should be your accounts receivable balances to determine if all accounts are being paid in full. To…
Malignant hyperthermia crises come on suddenly, and healthcare providers have no real way to predict which patients may experience this reaction while under anesthesia unless they have found a positive patient or family history. However, with proper preparation and knowledge,…
Existing ASCs sharing a waiting area with other organizations in a multi-purpose building will be exempted from a Medicare requirement to build a separate waiting room if they install a temporary partition, according to a memorandum from CMS.
One in four employers expect the first requirements of healthcare reform, such as added coverage of children on their parents' policies, will add 3 percent or more to next year's coverage costs, according to a release by Mercer, an employee…
Leading healthcare policymakers are excoriating the proposed three-year physician payment fix because it just puts a patch over systemic problems, according to a report by Politico.