Joyce K. (Deno) Thomas, senior vice president operations for Regent Surgical Health, explains why it is risky for physician-owners of ASCs not to take the time to learn and understand how well their ASC is performing financially.Joyce Thomas: Some physician-owners…
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St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., has agreed to pay the United States $22 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it paid kickbacks and violated the Stark Law when it entered into a professional services…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care introduced significant changes to accreditation policies in March 2010, among them the addition of a new core chapter on infection control and patient safety. This was the AAAHC's first new core chapter in…
Benchmarking your ASC's transfer rates and examining data that explains why patients are transferred can help lower rates and increase the number of cases that stay in your surgery center. David Kelly, administrator of Samaritan North Surgery Center in Dayton,…
Many of the new techniques and equipment developed over the past few years for spine surgery have leaned toward the minimally invasive approach, which is gaining in popularity across the country. However, most physicians are still performing the open surgeries…
A new ASC developed by Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System and physicians from the Medina, Ohio, area is scheduled to open in Medina County in December, according to Beacon Journal report.
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Anesthesia Staffing Consultants, a full-service anesthesia management company specializing in community hospitals and ASCs with fluctuating surgical volume, has expanded its services to the entire Midwest region, according to a Cision Wire report.
A former Olathe, Kan., internist has been sentenced to three years in prison for filing fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid as well as illegal drug distribution, according to a Kansas City Star report.
Doris Annette Nelson, MD, a plastic surgeon from Sterling, Mich., has been accused of allegedly filing false claims to Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, according to an Ogemaw Herald news report.