Northside Hospital in Atlanta has announced plans to develop a multispecialty outpatient surgery center in Alpharetta, Ga., according to a report by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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Franklin Beltre, DPM, of Houston, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and ordered to pay $691,000 in restitution for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.
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The 21.3 percent Medicare physician fee cut automatically went into effect today, but CMS is instructing Medicare contractors to hold physicians' Medicare claims for the first 10 business days in June to give Congress a chance to avert the cut.
Regent Surgical Health, a nationally-recognized surgery center company with 17 facilities throughout the United States, is looking for a key executive to become part of the select few professionals devoted to the growth of the company. This is a high…
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Atlantic Eye Center in Cape May Court House, N.J., has been named the "Business of the Year" by the Middle Township Chamber of Commerce in the category of healthcare and senior services, according to the Cape May County Herald.
A bill introduced by New Jersey State Senator Nia Gill to criminalize the waiver of co-payments and deductibles by healthcare providers in the state failed to garner enough votes from the Senate Commerce Committee needed to move forward, according to…
Here is the distribution of surgery centers and hospitals by Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area and their percent of the total market, according to SDI.