The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have issued a notice advising physicians and healthcare providers who are not enrolled in Medicare or who have not updated their Medicare information since Nov. 2003 to complete an initial enrollment application, according…
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Plastic surgery procedures dropped 2 percent in 2009, at 9.99 million compared with 10.26 million in 2008, according to statistics from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
A report from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General found that recovery audit contractors are not sufficiently trained to accurately report potential fraud to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind., will soon open a new outpatient surgery center, St. Mary Medical Center Outpatient Surgery at Lake Park, according to a news release by the hospital.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee has launched a campaign for "Advancing Surgical Care" in order to raise awareness about the high-quality, patient-centered care that ASCs provide and the significant savings they create for both patients and the healthcare system,…
Effective, outstanding leadership is critical for any ASC's success, and hiring the right person as your administrator requires a few important considerations. Greg Zoch, partner with Kaye/Bassman International, discusses six keys to hiring an outstanding administrator for your ASC.
Plans by Vassar Brothers Medical Center, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to build a new ASC as part of a larger $66 million expansion are moving forward, according to a story in the Poughkeepsie Journal.
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Physicians and patients have benefited from cost and time efficiencies at Muskegon (Mich.) Surgery Center, which received full accreditation in January and is the area's first stand-alone, multi-specialty surgery center, according to a report in the Muskegon Chronicle.