A general practitioner from Farmington, Mich., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $9.4 million in restitution for his involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare, according to a news release by the Department of…
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The following white paper was written by Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances. It's the first day of your long-awaited, much-anticipated Scottish links tour. You inhale deeply, contentedly — enjoying the light scent of sea salt, peat, and heather as…
A majority of large U.S. employers are moving forward with plans to make changes to their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health reform and expected large health benefit cost increases next year, according to a…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved guidelines for implementing new provisions for medical loss ratios under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an NAIC news release.
A new spine center will open at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C., according to a report by The Macon County News.
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996.
Regent Surgical Health has named Ann O'Neill RNC, MBA/HCM, as its new director of clinical operations.
In the healthcare sector, very often services are rendered without a detailed understanding of the associated costs. Case costing enables us to determine how much a specific surgery either improved or reduced the bottom line of an ASC. For instance,…
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996.
Somerville, N.J.-based Somerset Medical Center, as well as a sleep disorders clinic it runs in Hillsborough, N.J., is being investigated by the Department of Justice for its reimbursement procedures, according to a Statehouse Bureau report.