The U.S. Senate has joined the House in delaying implementation of the 21.2 percent Medicare pay cut for physicians from Jan. 1, 2010, to until Feb. 28, 2010, and President Obama is expected to sign the measure, according to a…
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Here is a summary of specific changes to the Senate health reform bill, as found in the 383-page Manager's Amendment that was added to the bill just before Senate began voting on it.
Here is the number of visits to ambulatory care centers in the United States for colorectal cancer in 2004, arranged by demographic information.
Healthcare Trust of America, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has acquired Hampden Place Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., for $18.6 million, according to an HTA news release.
An article published in the December issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy says that more than one third of patients undergoing outpatient endoscopy are at high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, according to a report from Reuters Health.
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation has adopted a new fee schedule that will increase overall payments to ASCs and vocational rehabilitation providers, according to a BWC news release.
Michael L. Good, MD, has been named as the dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Fla., according to a report in the UF College of Medicine Insider.
A recent study by Duke University Medical Center researchers found that post-surgical infections significantly increase the chance of hospital readmission and death and cost as much as $60,000 per patient, according to a Duke Medicine news release.
Here are the average debts and leverage ratios for surgery centers by total annual revenue, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
In order to run a truly profitable surgery center, case volume is as important an ingredient as any. The success of any turnaround or de novo project hinges on the ability to attract great surgeons to the ASC. ASCOA assumed…