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Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal, and Luke Lambert, CEO, of ASCOA, make regular visits to ambulatory surgery centers throughout the United States which are struggling financially and in need of a turnaround. They say some of these facilities can be…
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Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed a new agreement with King Systems, which manufactures and distributes airway management, anesthesia and respiratory medical devices, equipment and supplies.
Recent surveys conducted of venture capitalists and providers indicate both groups see 2011 as a big year for healthcare information technology.
CPT copyright 2010 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. The following was written by Sumit Gandhi, CPC, associate vice-president of medical coding for GENASCIS. The AMA announced the…
The following article is written by I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, managing principal & CEO of EVEIA HEALTH. What should you do when a payor notifies you that it is changing its payment system from a Medicare-grouper methodology to an…
Advanced Surgery Center LLC has applied for a certificate of need for a new freestanding outpatient surgery center in Dearborn, Ill., according to a report from Crain's Detroit Business.
A new outpatient surgery center is scheduled to open this summer in Nampa, Idaho, at the outpatient center Saint Alphonsus Health Plaza, according to a report from the Idaho Statesman.
To address circumstances when a surgery center encounters patients with a known history of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or those who are currently infected with it, the Laser Spine Institute developed a MRSA policy as part of its infection control…