Xlumena, a privately held provider of innovative technology for gastroenterologists and interventional endoscopists, has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to market its NAVIX Access Device, an advanced endoscopy system designed to enable secure access, dilation and…
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At the request of the American College of Radiology, House Energy & Commerce Chair Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Ways & Means Committee Chair Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) and Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health Chair Pete Stark (D-Calif.) recently called on the…
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.
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,…