A standard medical director agreement lists a daunting array of functions to be fulfilled by the practitioner taking on this critical position. Participation in facility committees, continuing medical education for the staff, and implementation of quality assurance programs are but…
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Editor's note: The following article by Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales, surgery division, for SourceMedical, appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of SourceMedical's "Insider Source" magazine.
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Angela Wustner, business analyst at Physicians Endoscopy, which operates 20 GI centers across the country, shares three ways GI/endoscopy-driven ASCs can reduce costs.
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Congress is on its way to granting President Obama's request for a record $1.7 billion to stamp out healthcare fraud, with $116 million of that to go toward expanding Medicare strike forces, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Congressional investigators report it takes approximately six months for fraud busters hired by Medicare to report cases to law enforcement, according to a USA Today report.
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