The health reform law will shift from making payments of hospitals for reporting quality indicators to reducing payments to hospitals with the highest rates of medical errors and infections, according to a report by CNN Money.
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Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., is suing Citigroup for up to $20 million, claiming that the investment bank didn't warn the hospital about the risk of refinancing debt using variable-rate bonds, according to a report by the Mercury News.
A new study from the University of Michigan found that one out of three patients with chronic pain reported using complementary and alternative medicine therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic visits for pain relief, but socioeconomic factors also play a…
Physician investors will move ahead with construction of Kearney (Neb.) Regional Medical Center, following the collapse of a proposed partnership with nearby Good Samaritan Hospital, according to two reports by the Kearney Hub.
Rebecca Craig, RN, CASC (Harmony Surgery Center, Ft. Collins, Colo.). Ms. Craig is CEO of Harmony Surgery Center, a multi-specialty ASC that performs around 900 cases monthly. The center opened in Aug. 2000 and has four ORs and three procedure…
Mary Ann Cooney, RN (Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center, Columbus, Ohio). Ms. Cooney is the administrator of Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, a multi-specialty facility with six ORs and one minor procedure room. ROSC performed over 6,150 cases in…
T. Taylor Burnett (The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi, Flowood, Miss.). Ms. Burnett is CEO of The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi, a physician-owned surgery center that opened after the surgeons were "tired of long wait times and less than…
Bonnie Brady, RN (Specialty Surgical Center, Sparta, N.J.). Ms. Brady is the administrator of Specialty Surgical Center, a multi-specialty, two-OR ASC licensed by New Jersey and Medicare since 2008. Physicians at the center specialize in ENT, gynecology, orthopedics, pain management,…
Timothy Beluscak II (Jacksonville Beach Surgery Center, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.). Mr. Beluscak is the administrator of Jacksonville Beach Surgery Center, a four-OR, multi-specialty surgery center that opened in 2001. Surgeons at the center specialize in ophthalmology, orthopedics, podiatry, urology, GI,…
Amy Allard (Ramapo Valley Surgery Center, Ramsey, N.J.). Ms. Allard is administrator of Ramapo Valley Surgery Center. The center opened in the fall of 2005, and surgeons at RVSC perform around 4,500 cases annually. The multi-specialty ASC focuses on orthopedics,…