Q: My question concerns the new Conditions for Coverage and the discharge of patient to a "responsible adult." I have in my policy a "responsible person." It is difficult enough for some patients just to get a ride, and if…
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Ophthalmology is a growing specialty in surgery centers and is currently represented in 38 percent of all surgery centers, up 27 percent since 2007, according to recent data from the SDI 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report.As more surgery centers…
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Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health & Hospitals filed two certificate of need applications with the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation for the construction of a freestanding ASC and a diagnostic center, according to a WakeMed news release.
Some patients who recently used Cleveland Clinic outpatient facilities are upset over new facility fee charges that have recently been added to their bills, according to a report in The Plain Dealer.
Officials from the Akron Health Department and the Summit County Health District met at the Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital to discuss the possibility of further consolidation or merger, according to a report in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Ambulatory Surgery Center, which is owned and operated by Surgical Care Affiliates and Hawaii Pacific Health Partners, has leased a 17,000 square foot facility in Honolulu, which it will convert into a surgery center, according to a report in Pacific…
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