David Posch, CEO of American Surgical Centers, was recently named to Crain's Detroit Business' list of Forty Under Forty, which highlights rising stars in the Detroit business community.
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Physicians at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., have raised concerns about a proposed change to the University's conflict-of-interest rules that would allow physicians to make presentations for medical device manufacturers, but still ban physicians from giving speeches for…
Blue Cross Blue Shield has notified physicians and other healthcare providers that data, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised when a laptop containing the information was stolen in August from an employee at BCBS Association's headquarters in Chicago,…
Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.
Lisa Rock, president and CEO of National Medical Billing Services, says that rejection of claims due to errors in the electronic submission process can be reduced by three simple practices.
Massachusetts healthcare providers are actively opposing plans to end fee-for-service payment systems in the state and move to reimburse for episodes of care, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Here is a list of 10 ASCs across the country performing more than 10,000 procedures annually.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is proposing a 0.5 percent increase in Medicare reimbursements for physicians in 2011 and 2012, rather than a one-year fix in reimbursements proposed by Sen. Max Baucus in his health reform bill, according to a…
A new study finds that patients needing a second anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were likely to be women, younger or those using less experienced surgeons, according to a release by the Hospital for Special Surgery.
R. Blake Curd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is co-owner of the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Surgical Hospital, has announced his Republican candidacy for South Dakota's only U.S. House seat, according to a release from Dr. Curd.