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Brien Fausone is the administrator of Michigan Endoscopy Center, a single-specialty GI ASC managed by Physicians Endoscopy.
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Colorado has enacted legislation that will reopen the grandfathering period for CRNAs without graduate degrees if an applicant has been "recognized as an advanced practice nurse in another state or jurisdiction and has practiced as an advanced practice nurse for…
The average surgery center performed 3,695 cases in 2008. The total number of surgery centers in the U.S. was 5,876. Here is the breakdown, by percentage, of surgery centers by their total annual case volume, according to SDI.
The board of directors of Bluefield Regional Medical Center agreed to sell the hospital to a subsidiary of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.
As healthcare costs rise and healthcare reform gets underway, more medical schools are grappling with how to incorporate teaching the financial side of practicing medicine into their curriculum, according to a report in The New York Times.
Several provisions in the healthcare reform law could make healthcare more efficient and responsive, according to a report by the Washington Post.
On May 3, 2010, a panel of speakers shared their thoughts on strategic planning for hospitals and ASCs in a free webinar hosted by ASC Communications and moderated by Scott Becker, JD, partner at McGuireWoods and publisher of Becker's Hospital…
Significant income and wealth gaps between primary-care and specialty physicians influence medical students' career choices and have led to a shortage of primary care physicians, according to researchers at Duke University whose findings were published in Health Affairs.