This letter highlights three developments which demonstrate how quickly the world of surgery centers is changing. The letter also provides information about the 16th Annual Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference to be held Oct. 8-10, in Chicago.…
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Charles Bush-Joseph, MD (Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago). Dr. Bush-Joseph is an arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, located in Chicago, where he is one of the busiest hip arthroscopic surgeons in Illinois. He is…
A survey by the Joint Commission predicts that most U.S. hospitals will be smoke-free throughout their campuses by the end of 2009, according to release by the Joint Commission.
The Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (N.Y.) will provide free outpatient cataract surgery procedures as part of Mission Cataract USA throughout August and September, according to a report in The Garden City News.
Bobby Sarnevesht, a businessman from Los Gatos, Calif., is finalizing a proposal for a $40 million physician-owned hospital to be built in Campbell, Calif., according to a report in the Silicon Valley Mercury News.
Atwal Eye Care/Buffalo Eye Care Associates and the Buffalo Ambulatory Surgery Center in Cheektowaga, N.Y., completed a $6 million expansion, which increases the space available for eye surgery, according to a report in the Business First of Buffalo.
AAOS President Joseph Zuckerman, MD, says he has told AMA executives that he is unhappy with the organization's endorsement last month of the U.S. House's healthcare reform bill.
An analysis of hospital finances by Thomson Reuters finds that the median profit margin of U.S. hospitals increased from 0.17 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to a release…
With Recovery Audit Contractors dedicated to making significant recoveries from healthcare providers, it is critical that all providers are compliant with Medicare coding and reimbursement requirements. Upfront compliance is essential to avoiding overpayments and/or underpayments as a result of incorrect…
Oneof the most common security violations we see in surgery centers and other medical facilities involves inappropriate user names and passwords. We frequently see user names and passwords that are shared between/among employees, or are easy to guess, which makes…