John Costino, DO, a North Wildwood, N.J.-based sports medicine and family practice physician, and his wife Barbara Costino were indicted on three counts of healthcare fraud, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.
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Consumer Driven Health Plans in the U.S. experienced continued growth this year — albeit at a slower rate than in 2009 — according to preliminary results released by United Benefit Advisors from its "2010 UBA Health Plan Survey", the nation's…
President Obama has asked Congress to consider reallocating $400 million in the fiscal year 2011 budget to the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report by AHA News Now.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a reminder that all entities covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act should be ready to test with their trading partners the functionality of the entities' practice management and/or…
The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has announced the receipt a five-year, $1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of General Medical Sciences to train basic and physician-scientists engaged in anesthesiology research.
One frequently cited solution for two underperforming ASCs serving the same patient population is to close one of them and combine operations at the other, but this isn't as easy as it would appear, says Bill Heath, chief development officer…
Bill Heath, chief development officer at Practice Partners in Healthcare, helps turn around underperforming ASCs. Mr. Heath says these facilities are not "train wrecks" in serious financial trouble but they do have a few fundamental problems that he sees time…
Charles J. Jacobson, president and CEO of Jacobson Consulting in Dunedin, Fla., has developed many ASCs in his long career. Identifying a recent uptick in sales of ASCs to hospitals, Mr. Jacobson presents the chief reasons why physicians sell ASCs…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced the resignation of CEO Kathy Warye.
Gayle Lowe, RN, AAAHC surveyor, offers insight on how ASCs can develop better quality improvement activities that not only help meet the AAAHC requirements but offer substantial benefits to ASCs.