As state ASC association membership numbers dwindle in many states across the country, ASC association boards are using different tactics to attract new members. According to Stuart Katz, executive director of Tucson Orthopaedic Surgery Center, one of the most effective…
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Jon Vick is president of ASCs Inc., which advises surgery center owners on strategic partnering and joint ventures. Q: When is the best time for an ASC to bring in a hospital partner? Jon Vick: The best time to…
An employee of Blountstown, Fla.-based Calhoun Liberty Hospital has been accused of conspiring with his peer to take out life insurance policies on a patient of the hospital, according to a News Herald report.
The whistleblower in a case against Tampa, Fla.-based WellCare Health Plans is petitioning to bar Florida's Attorney General Bill McCollum from participating in the multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud settlement, according to a BusinessWeek news report.
Merck, a pharmaceutical company based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., has announced it will appeal a federal verdict that found the company liable to pay $4.6 million for allegedly overcharging Massachusetts Medicaid, according to a company news release.
The Florida Board of Medicine handed down penalties to six physicians for fraudulently prescribing controlled substances to patients, according to a St. Petersburg Times news report.
When ASC Durango (Colo.) tracked its PACU times and found some patients were staying longer than four hours, the surgery center concluded that one of the contributing factors was a lack of an accurate discharge criteria policy, says Cheryl Desko,…
1. While ACOs have been promoted as part of the Healthcare Reform Act for Medicare patients, and pilot programs are being established, the real movement with ACOs seems to be with commercial payors at the moment. Further, the acceleration of…
Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners and a member of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, discusses four challenges facing Texas ASCs for the next year.
ASC Durango (Colo.) recently underwent its first AAAHC survey and achieved accreditation. Cheryl Desko, RN, clinical director for the ASC, discusses three quality assessment and performance improvement studies which were praised by surveyors.