Lakewalk Surgery Center in Duluth, Minn., recently hosted an open house for state and local leaders, representatives of insurers and employers looking to reduce healthcare costs, according to a Lakewalk news release.
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A recent study by the Medical Group Management Association, entitled "Medical practice today: What members have to say," found that finances and electronic health records are the top challenges for medical practices in 2009, according an MGMA news release.
Here are 11 statistics on the total annual operating expenses of surgery centers, according to the VMG Health 2009 Intellimarker.
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The University of South Florida in Tampa has announced the opening of a $4 million surgery center that will be used to teach physicians how to perform robotic-assisted surgery, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
The healthcare sector added around 20,000 jobs in July, in line with the average month gain seen in the first half of 2009, according to a news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The HHS Office of Inspector General expects to recover of more than $2.4 billion for healthcare fraud, waste and abuse in the first half of fiscal year 2009, according to an OIG release.