The FDA has announced its acceptance of an application for Exparel, a long-acting bupivacaine for postsurgical pain management produced by Pacira Pharmaceuticals, according to a Trading Markets report.
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Veronica Scott-Guiler, office manager of People's Family Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, has been sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to her role in a healthcare fraud scheme, according to a news report by The Columbus Dispatch.
The state Board of Medical Examiners has fined and penalized Las Vegas physicians for their respective criminal charges, according to a Las Vegas Sun news report.
The American Hospital Association is offering a free webinar on Jan. 5 to review the results from its latest RACTrac survey, according to an AHANewsNow report.
Orthopedic and spine surgeons and surgery centers often rely on word-of-mouth marketing to increase patient volume, which means achieving high patient satisfaction is crucial. John Grossmith, MD, a board certified neurosurgeon at The Bonati Spine Institute in Hudson, Fla., discusses…
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Smaller surgery centers and community hospitals sometimes have a hard time attracting specialty surgeons even if the hospital offers lucrative salaries and a promising patient volume. Here are a three ways hospitals in smaller communities are successfully recruiting orthopedic surgeons.
The lack of encryption and the ability for anyone to easily copy files from portable media without leaving any evidence behind has recently been brought to light in the wake of the WikiLeaks data dumps that have generated more than…
With supply costs as one of the top two expenses for surgery centers (staffing is the other), more and more ASCs are purchasing reprocessed devices, which help to reduce costs, among other benefits.
The California surgical centers of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sono Bello have achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a news release from Sono Bello.