Officials from Healthcare Management Associates are meeting with planners and hospital administrative staff to decide how to invest $20 million in Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., according to a report in the Times Record.
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Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center (Warner Robins, Ga.). Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center is home to four orthopedic and sports medicine specialists and one spine surgeon. The ASC consists of two operating rooms, a sub-sterile area, four preoperative rooms and five PACU…
A Texas jury found that Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare did not violate antitrust laws in regard to a suit brought forth by six physician-owners of the now defunct Town & Country Hospital, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
An overnight recovery area opens a whole new world for ASCs looking to build volume with a wider array of procedures, says Joseph Banno, MD, a urologist and founder of the Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center, a four-OR, multispecialty ASC.…
How often have you heard this phrase, "If it wasn't documented, it wasn't done?" The first concept I convey to physicians is that each specific medical record is unique in its own way and must withstand legal questioning. The medical…
After a three-week trial, a Detroit federal jury convicted Jose Castro-Ramirez, MD on 13 counts in connection with an $18.3 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the OIG's office.
Two bills seeking to regulate the out-of-network relationships between healthcare providers and patients have been introduced in the New Jersey Senate by Sen. Nia Gill (D-34), chairwoman of the Senate Commerce Committee, according to Mark Manigan, JD, an attorney with…
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