Steve Corl, administrator at Mackinaw Surgery Center in Saginaw, Mich., discusses how the center tackles pricing negotiations with supply vendors.
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A healthcare economist is proposing a hybrid payment model for Medicare, allowing managed care or fee-for-service payments, depending on the market, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Here are five significant anesthesia-related stories making headlines in the past eight months. 1. Debate over whether CRNAs providing anesthesia services unsupervised put patients at risk. A study published in the August issue of Health Affairs and funded by the…
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has released advisory guidelines for healthcare executives dealing with healthcare-associated infections to help them present a business case for their infection prevention and control programs.
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections, according to AAOS Now.
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius said HHS would monitor health insurers who make "unjustified" rate increases attributed to mandates in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The owner of J & F Community Medical Center in Miami Shores, Fla., pleaded guilty today for her involvement in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme and conspiring with a hired physician and others to carry out the fraud scheme,…
Two internists, two chiropractors, three acupuncturists and a clinic receptionist of Merrick Boulevard Clinic in Queens, N.Y., have been charged for their roles in an alleged fraud scheme, according to news release by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The former chief financial officer of Gainesville, Fla.-based H.C. Healthcare, which owns and operates Jasper, Fla.-based Trinity Community Hospital, has been arrested in Illinois for her involvement in a fraud scheme, according to a Gainesville Sun report.
Statistics show orthopedic surgeons are paid for call coverage more than any other specialty. According to a 2009 Sullivan Cotter Survey, approximately three out of four hospitals, who report on-call payments to physicians, provide payments for orthopedic surgeons. Health systems…