Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care have signed a five-year contract that would pay hospitals on a global payment system opposed to the current fee-for-service system, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
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Mednet, an ASC software development company, has launched an iPhone application that can be used in combination with its existing ASC management application, OASIS, and its inventory management application, MIRA, according to a Mednet news release.
Weitzel-Kern Surgery Center at Fremont (Ohio) Memorial Hospital recently added Aleeta Somers-DeHaney, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist, to its staff, according to a report by the News-Messenger.
A majority of medical liability premiums has remained stable or dropped in 2009, according to a Medical Liability Monitor survey cited in a report by AMEDNews.
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Title: Ambulatory Surgery Centers — 2 Key Topics: 1. Medical Malpractice Industry Trends and 2. Key ASC Business and Legal TrendsDate: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program — HFAP is one of only three national voluntary accreditation programs authorized by CMS to survey hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Coverage. HFAP has been accrediting healthcare facilities across the country…
Ophthalmology and orthopedic surgery have the highest rates of incorrect procedures within the OR, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.
NovaMed has announced that Thomas S. Hall, chairman, president and CEO, and Scott T. Macomber, executive vice president and CFO, will be presenting at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York on Dec. 1, 2009, according…
The North Carolina Medical Society, along with other state physician groups, oppose a contract addendum sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina that the physicians say would allow the insurance provider to change fees at any time and…