Increasingly, medical procedures in the United States are being performed in ASCs. According to statistics released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that the rate of visits to ASCs tripled…
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The Department of Health and Human Services' budget for fiscal year 2010 will be $879 billion, which includes a health care reserve fund of $635 billion over 10 years to finance health reform that brings down costs, improves quality and…
The current economic situation and other factors have limited the access ASCs and physician groups have had to loans. The process has also become longer and more costly. Here, Bart Walker, JD, of McGuireWoods in Charlotte, N.C., discusses six legal…
Community General Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., has begun construction on a $7.6 million Center for Orthopedics, which will occupy the hospital's sixth floor, according to a Community General news release.
GE announced it is healthymagination initiative, in which the company will spend $3 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost, according to a GE news release.
Newton-Wellesley Hospital, based in Newton, Mass., has received approval from the Framingham (Mass.) planning board to build a 24,000 square-foot outpatient screening and surgical facility in the town, according to a report in the Boston Globe.
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,…
Access Mediquip — Access Mediquip is one of the largest providers of outsourced implantable device management solutions. The company is a leader in handling medical device payment and related issues for ASCs. www.accessmediquip.com
We are all painfully aware of the current difficulty in the national economy. Despite a recent upturn, the stock market is still down more than one-third from its peak. The financial infrastructure of the nation has been redefined, with powerhouse…
Daniel Levinson, inspector general for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about fraud, error, waste and abuse in state and federal health programs.