Patients that are obese should be aware of possible challenges when it comes to administering anesthesia during surgical procedures, according to a report in HealthDay.
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Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet, Ill., has been awarded three-year certification as a Bariatric Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, according to a report by the Herald-News.
Reliant Healthcare Partners expressed its concerns over plans to build 13 rehabilitation hospitals across Texas because the health system has recruited physician investors for the projects, according to a report in The Dallas Morning News.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued Transmittal 617, which revises the use of medically unlikely edits, specifically modifier -55 (postoperative management only).
1. After President Obama won the election in 2008, the Republicans have won the last three major statewide elections — all in states that voted democrat for President Obama in 2008 — Massachusetts, Virginia and New Jersey.
A clinic-based system to provide healthcare in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina could serve as a national model for providing low-cost primary care to low-income groups, according to a report by the Commonwealth Fund.
The physician recruiting firm Jackson & Coker is offering an enhanced online tool to calculate the revenue contribution of physician staff in different service lines, according to a release by Jackson & Coker.
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