Vicki Edelman, RN, BSN, is the administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, a multi-specialty surgery center that is managed by the Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America.
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Inquisit, the strategic education partner of leading healthcare group purchasing organization Amerinet, is offering a seven-part audio conference series focusing on OSHA and CMS regulatory issues for ambulatory surgery centers, according to an Amerinet news release.
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WellPoint, which runs Anthem Blue Cross in California, withdrew its request for rate increases in California's individual insurance market after the state's insurance commissioner found flaws with the company's methodology, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
The American Gastroenterological Association has announced the 2010 winners of its prestigious recognition awards, designed to acknowledge clinicians and researchers who have made outstanding contributions and achievements in the filed of gastroenterology, according to an AGA news release.
Five states — Georgia, Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada and Wyoming — have opted out of running their own high-risk insurance pools, according to a report by the New York Times.
Citing the state's "any-willing-provider" law, Georgia's Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine ruled that Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia must allow Northeast Georgia Cancer Care of Athens into its HMO plan, according to a report in American Medical News.
Physicians at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., have found for the first time that, under certain circumstances, infants and children may be exposed to carbon monoxide during routine anesthesia resulting in a rise in the carbon monoxide levels…
Excessive administrative complexity related to billing costs physicians practices nearly 12 percent of their net patient revenue, according to a study in Health Affairs.
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil investigation into possible anticompetitive behaviors by Boston-based Partners HealthCare System and issued letters requesting information related to the system's contracting procedures with health insurers to Partners and Massachusetts' three largest insurance…