A three-judge panel from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is not required under the Freedom of Information Act to provide Medicare claims data to a private company,…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced corrections to the 2010 Physician Fee Schedule that includes changes to the Medicare anesthesia conversion factor, which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2010, according to a news release from the…
Peter Colquhoun, MD, a board-certified ophthalmologist at Southwest Michigan Eye Center in Battle Creek, Mich., and physician-owner of Brookside Surgery Center, also in Battle Creek, discusses four opportunities for ophthalmology in ASCs.
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For many Americans living abroad, access to the kind of surgical care they are accustomed to can be limited. In China, state-run healthcare systems often mean long lines and waiting periods for surgeries. At the same time, surgeons in China…
Cardiologist Sean Denney, MD, spokesman for a group of 40 physicians planning an investor-owned hospital in Kearney, Neb., defended the project against attacks from unidentified sources and from officials at nearby Good Samaritan Hospital, according to a report by the…
A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report predicting the fastest growing jobs in the next 10 years shows that seven of the top 15 are in healthcare.
Does your surgery center or medical facility typically receive shipments from FedEx, UPS, DHL and the like? If so, you should be on the watch for a new con game that uses that situation to attempt to run yet another…
VMG Health — VMG Health provides valuation and financial advising services to the healthcare sector. The company's core practice areas include business valuation, professional services valuation, transaction advisory services and joint-venture relationship development. Founded by Greg Koonsman in 1995, VMG…
Olean (Pa.) General Hospital, which recently merged with Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center to form Upper Allegheny Health System, announced that it plans to build a surgery center on its campus, according to a report by the Olean Times Herald.