Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., has agreed to pay $750 million to settle allegations that it manufactured and sold contaminated drugs to Medicaid and other government health programs, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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Although hospitals and other healthcare institutions make their services and earnings publicly available through a Medicare database, similar data on physician and individual healthcare providers are kept confidential, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
Here are 10 stories discussing critical mistakes regularly made by surgery centers.
John Dooley, MD, an anesthesiologist and administrator at Mississippi Valley Surgery Center in Davenport, Iowa, says ASCs often make the mistake of overlooking the hidden costs associated with buying new equipment or technology. Hidden costs may vary from the cost…
Georganna Howell, administrator of Baltimore-based Greenspring Surgery Center, says ASCs should never make impulse purchases of supplies and materials. When ordering supplies, an ASC must stay tough and focused on what may be the best deal for the surgery center…
Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Paramount Surgery Center of Mesa (Ariz.) has been acquired by a joint venture between not-for-profit Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare and Sovereign Healthcare, a privately held ASC management company based in Orange County, Calif., according to a news release.
ASC operating rooms can be dangerous breeding grounds for fire outbreaks, especially during head and neck surgeries when three components — an ignition source such as a cautery, fuel such as alcohol-based solutions and oxygen — are combined, says Jo…
A new study conducted by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that one percent of all patients undergoing outpatient endoscopic procedures suffer serious enough complications to require admission…
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority has approved up to $17 million in bonds for construction of a new ASC in Fairbanks, according to a report from the Anchorage Daily News and documentation from the AIDEA.