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Implementing an EMR in an ASC may become increasingly important as healthcare moves toward electronic health information exchanges, but the financial commitment necessary for implementation can be overwhelming.Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales for SourceMedical, discusses the different costs and…

Here are links to stories which provide 10 different sample policies, procedures, tools and resources you can adapt for use in your surgery center.

Here are the 50 top grossing short-term acute-care hospitals in the United States listed by gross revenue, according to CMS cost report data analyzed by American Hospital Directory. Note: The hospital total patient revenues and bed counts reported here are…

Here is a list of 10 hospitals and health systems that recently cut jobs as a result of varying financial difficulties, ordered by number of positions cut.

Here are the 10 most-read stories on www.BeckersASC.com in October.

Here are stories about 20 new surgery centers which opened or were announced in October.

Marietta (Ohio) Surgery Center recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary, and used the opportunity to help a local 9-year-old girl with an inoperable medical condition.

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn.   Q: How often should we conduct narcotic and pharmacy audits?   Sheldon Sones: The requirement for…

Two Los Angeles physicians — Rodney Barron, MD, and Eleanor Arthur, MD — were arrested on charges the pair had led a $5 million Medicare scam that included paying homeless patients to undergo unnecessary treatments that were later billed to…

A surgeon from Newton, Iowa, has been sentenced to six months and ordered to pay restitution after being convicted on 31 counts of healthcare fraud, according to a Chicago Tribune news report.