Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals during 2007 were done as outpatient procedures, according to a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Stephen Landauer, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center.
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Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center, on Long Island, N.Y., has agreed to pay $2.92 million plus interest to settle allegations that the hospital inflated charges to obtain supplemental outlier payments.
Nashville, Tenn.-based ASC operator AmSurg reported a 10-percent increase in revenue and a nearly 8-percent increase in net earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, adding eight new centers during the three-month period.
Central New York Eye Physicians and Hudson Valley Family Practice have agreed to merge with Mid-Hudson Medical Group in Fishkill, N.Y., according to a report in the Poughkeepsie Journal.