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Las Ventanas Surgery Center in Salinas, Calif., has named Thomas Zewert, MD, as its new president, according to a report in The Salinas Californian.
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Dotty Bollinger, chief of medical operations at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., explains how the surgery center is better monitoring supply costs.
Supplies are one of the biggest costs to an ASC, and according to experts, many centers lose money unnecessarily by failing to negotiate good prices, letting supplies expire and making impulsive purchases. Nine ASC administrators and experts discuss the hallmarks…
Charles Friedman, MD, an anesthesiologist at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas County, Fla., discusses six ways the surgery center is working to maximize efficiency and profitability at the pain management-driven facility.
Federal officials would gain more powers to identify Medicare and Medicaid fraud early and reduce an estimated $55 billion in improper payments each year, according to a report by USA Today.