The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced its 2010 Standards, including the addition of a new core chapter and revisions to many existing core and adjunct chapters, according to an AAAHC news release.
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The American Medical Association has released corrections to be made to the CPT 2010 Book on its "Errata" Web site.
Detroit-area residents Baskaran Thangarasan, Sandeep Aggarwal and Wayne Smith have pleaded guilty for their roles in connection with several Detroit-area healthcare fraud schemes, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
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Pain management can be a successful specialty for ASCs looking to add or enhance this line of revenue to their centers. According to the VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker, around 17 percent of surgery centers' total case volume was due to…
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Coding is a very detail-oriented process; however, certain surgical specialties require more documentation for procedures than others. Pain management, due to a high concentration of workers' compensation and motor vehicle accident cases, is one such specialty that requires extra attention…
R&V Medical Supplies, LLC, located in Philadelphia, Robert Saul and Sheila Saul were indicted on charges that they allegedly conspired to defraud Medicare and other healthcare benefit programs by submitting more than $1.2 million in fraudulent claims for reimbursement for…
A new study shows that incidence rates of colorectal cancer in the U.S. have dropped 22 percent and death rates dropped 26 percent from 1975-2000, due to increased colorectal cancer screening, changes in lifestyle and diet and improved treatments, according…
Recently I realized I needed to renew my passport. Being a technology guy, and not wanting to go through the hassle of waiting in line at the Post Office during the holiday rush, or trying to find some obscure federal…