Allegations of fraud by Solantic, a chain of Florida urgent care clinics owned in part by Florida Republican Gubernatorial Candidate and former HCA CEO Rick Scott, have been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for possible…
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Bill Gilbert, vice president of marketing, and Brice Voithofer, vice president of ASC and anesthesia services, for AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, discuss the dangers of not regularly auditing dictated surgeons' reports.
The Ambulatory Surgery Foundation and Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States have announced the joint release of guidelines to help ASCs develop plans for properly transferring a patient who experiences malignant hyperthermia to an acute care hospital for extended…
Robin Fowler, MD, serves as medical director for the Interventional Spine and Pain Management ASC in Conyers, Ga., the flagship pain management ASC in Interventional Management Services' expanding chain of centers. In addition to his work with Interventional Spine and…
Here is a list of 20 ASCs performing more than 10,000 cases each year.
Healthwatch, the healthcare blog of The Hill, is the latest publication to report on a controversial study by Research Triangle Institute International, funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and published in Health Affairs, claiming certified registered nurse anesthetists…
Theresa Palicki, administrator of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, offers five ways for your ASC to develop good working relationships with your anesthesiologists and achieve improved clinical quality outcomes.
Cathleen Rohling is chief operating officer for AAAHC-accredited GastroIntestinal Associates Endoscopy Center in Wausau, Wis. She discusses a few recent efforts her two-year-old center has undertaken to better meet accreditation standards concerning risk management and root cause analysis.
Here are eight statistics about compensation of anesthesiologists from 2006-2010, based on 2010 data, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.
Wisconsin-based ProHealth Care is selling its ASC located on the Community Memorial Hospital campus in Menomonee Falls, Wis., to Milwaukee-based Froedtert & Community Health, according to a report in The Business Journal of Milwaukee and a news release on the…