St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Mich., has finished construction on the last phase if its $50 million surgery center project, according to a Detroit News report.
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A Coachella Valley, Fla., physician who stole patient identities, used other physicians' prescription pads to obtain painkillers for herself and filed false workers' compensation and police reports, has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation, according…
9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Annual Conference from ASC Communications and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation June 9-11, 2011; Chicago Westin Hotel Presentations Now AvailableCopies of the presentations for the…
The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery has issued, for the first time, revised clinical guidelines for the surgical removal of tonsils in children, according to a news release from the AAO-HNS.
Amerinet, a leading national group purchasing organization, has announced the launching of the Amerinet Choice Energy Solutions program, which offers services and technical expertise to help healthcare facilities reduce energy consumption.
Eric J. Woollen, vice president of managed care for Birmingham, Ala.-based Practice Partners in Healthcare, cites three ways health plans are corralling out-of-network ambulatory surgery centers into their networks.
Pinnacle III has announced the opening of Miramont Urgent Care in Fort Collins, Col.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., has selected its ProVation MD software for for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.
While out-of-network ambulatory surgery centers in New Jersey have historically benefited from very lucrative reimbursement levels, insurance companies have recently announced their intention to tie OON reimbursement of surgery centers to Medicare. In addition, the New Jersey Insurance Transparency Bill…