The National Quality Forum is seeking public comments on the draft document, National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care Using Clinically Enriched Administrative Data, which outlines its consensus standards measures for ambulatory care.
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Construction has begun on the Morledge Family Eye Clinic and Surgery Center in Billings, Mont., part of a new medical complex to be built near Rocky Mountain College, according to a report in the Billings Gazette.
Aleksandar Curcin, MD, was born in Novi Sad in the former Yugoslavia and eventually made his way to the East Coast where he studied medicine at the University of Maryland. He performed his orthopedic residency at Brown University in Providence,…
1. Orthopedics was fourth among identified specialties represented at single-specialty centers, tied with pain management, and was represented in 5 percent of all single-specialty ASCs.
Healthcare Reform; Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability of Orthopedic and Spine Programs - Growing Volumes, Assessing Financial Relationships, and Business and Legal Issues – October 7th; 16th Annual Improving the Profitability of ASCs Conference (Oct. 8-10, Chicago) - Special…
Many neurosurgeons I know are interested in handling spine surgeries at outpatient facilities, but have questions about managing risk as they make the transition from inpatient. That's just as it should be. In developing ASCs with Blue Chip Surgical Center…
Keith Pitchford, DO, 48, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, is the president and CEO of Great Lakes Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in St. John, Ind., and is the medical director for the Sports Medicine Institute in Crown Point,…
Recent moves in some states by insurers to restrict the use of out-of-network facilities by their members have created a headache for many ASCs around the country. Although out-of-network facilities continue to be successful, a growing resistance from insurers against…
Physician Hospitals of America is calling on members and associates to meet, call, fax or e-mail U.S. House of Representatives Democrats in order to remove language that severely limits physician-owned hospitals as the new healthcare reform bill moves through the…
Teva Pharmaceuticals is voluntarily recalling lots 31305429B and 31305430B of anesthetic propofol after incidents of febrile reactions among patients undergoing endoscopy in the United States, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.