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Tracking and reviewing quality measures is more difficult in an ASC than in a hospital, in part because of low physician participation, the scarcity of EMR and the lack of staff. Quality control regulations will most likely be introduced for…
Tom Jacobs has served as president of business office function provider MedHQ since 2003, helping ASCs, surgical hospitals, imaging centers and other physician-affiliated businesses improve operations and reduce costs and risks through effective management.
Busy Long Island (Garden City, N.Y.) ASC is seeking an experienced OR supervisor to join fast growing team.
MediClick, a provider of software-as-a-service supply chain solutions in the healthcare industry, has announced two updates made to Sprint 023, the company's second product release of 2010.
ASCs run lean operations and typically can afford to employ only a small office staff to conduct its business office operations. Problems can be created when one or two individuals are entrusted with the ASC's financial health. Due to limited…
A co-owner of a chiropractic and rehabilitation facility in Hatfield, Pa., has been sentenced to six months in prison for his involvement with another co-owner and chiropractor in a scheme to defraud Independence Blue Cross, southeastern Pennsylvania's largest health insurer,…
Taking a closer look at the recent Annual Report of the Medicare Board of Trustees, a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by two critics of the healthcare reform law predicted it would "gut" the Medicare program, significantly cut payments to…
Hospitals looking to develop accountable care organizations face the same regulatory concerns and hurdles that hospitals have long grappled with in their physician integration efforts. Specifically, ACOs must ensure that their agreements with physicians do not violate anti-kickback statutes, Stark…
On Aug. 31, the HHS Office of Inspector General released an Advisory Opinion regarding the provision of free pre-authorization services by a hospital for diagnostic imaging services provided by the hospital.