A Texas law passed in June allows Texans to use a mediator to negotiate disputed charges of more than $1,000 by healthcare providers, but many mediators are reluctant to participate in such negotiations, according to a report by the Dallas…
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As the advance of healthcare reform efforts has slowed, Congressional Democrats are considering using budget reconciliation to push healthcare legislation through to Pres. Obama's desk without a 60-vote approval in the Senate, according to a report by the New York…
The comment period on Standard MS 01.01.01 (formerly MS.1.20), which addresses establishing a working relationship between hospital governance and medical staff, will close on Jan. 28, 2010, according to a Joint Commission news release.
WellSpan plans to open a $73 million inpatient orthopedic surgery facility in York, Pa., according to a report by the York Dispatch.
The Ambulatory Surgical Center of Union County in Union, N.J., was featured recently in the Star-Ledger for its Haitian relief efforts. The ASC has collected more than $100,000 worth of medical supplies at various drop-off points throughout the state to…
Anesthesiologists at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., have developed a simple, but highly effective patient surveillance system that has decreased the number of rescue calls and ICU transfers in postsurgical patients, according to a news release from the American…
A poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that Americans who oppose the health reform bills in Congress would still support several specific provisions, according to a release by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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It is illegal in a number of states for physicians to pay a percentage of collected fees to billing and collections companies, a practice known as "fee splitting," but the prohibition has been widely ignored and percentage-payment arrangements have flourished,…
Lower Columbia Eye Clinic in Longview, Wash., entered into a partnership with Oregon Health & Sciences University's Casey Eye Institute in Portland, Ore., on Dec. 30, according to a report in The Daily News.