An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.
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Richard Preske, MD, an ophthalmologist in Mount Airy, N.C., donated his Northwest Eye Surgery Center in Mount Airy to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a report by the Winston-Salem Journal.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has recognized 32 endoscopy units through its ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program, which honors endoscopy units that follow the ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscopy reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines, according to…
Surgeons at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind., have performed the first surgeries at the hospital using Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a report in The Chronicle.
Brian Mathis, vice president of strategy at Surgical Care Affiliates in Birmingham, Ala., discusses surgical specialties with the highest profitability in ASCs and how to achieve profitability.
KLAS, an independent healthcare vendor research firm, has ranked 3M Health Information Systems as the second highest-performing healthcare software vendor in its 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS: Software & Professional Services report, according to a 3M news release.
Here are six statistics on CRNAs and nurse anesthetists, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' Fiscal Year 2009 AANA Practice Profile and Demographic Surveys & Database.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program — HFAP is one of only three national voluntary accreditation programs authorized by CMS to survey hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Coverage. HFAP has been accrediting healthcare facilities across the country…
Here are the average gross charges and net revenue per case for 11 surgical specialties for surgery centers with 1-2 operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
1. Increasing government oversight. David Kwiat, MD, an ophthalmologist and part-owner of Fulton County Ambulatory Surgery Center in Johnstown, N.Y., predicts that ASCs will be additionally pressed for resources due to additional governmental control and oversight coupled with decreasing reimbursements.…