Regulators from the California Department of Managed Health Care obtained an order from an administrative judge preventing Raymond and Jean Palombo of Riverside, Calif., from selling HMO and PPO insurance plans in California, according to a report in the Los…
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The Tennessee Medical Association is suing Franklin, Tenn.-based Health Research Insights, which was working to take back reimbursements paid to physicians in several states, alleging fraud and asking the state to stop HRI from collecting more money from physicians, according…
A Rhode Island bill to cap the compensation of any hospital executive in the state at no more than 110 percent of the compensation received by counterparts in the region has died in the house, according to a report by…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced a comprehensive set of resources to help ambulatory care facilities develop and maintain infection control programs, according to an APIC news release.
The Nevada State Health Division's Bureau of Health Care Quality and Compliance delivered a cease operations letter to the Clinica de Mujeres, a Las Vegas clinic owned by Vickie Mazzorana, MD, for performing surgeries without a license, according to a…
ASCs around the country have begun to take steps to automate many of their manual processes, such as registration, perioperative services and payment posting, using the Internet and other technology. Although the practice is not yet widely used, experts predict…
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The American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals and the Catholic Health Association have agreed to contribute $155 billion over the course of 10 years to finance healthcare coverage for the nation's uninsured, according to a report in the…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has received reports of instances in which pieces of tissue have remained within certain arthroscopic shavers, a device used in some orthopedic surgical procedures, even after the cleaning process was believed to have been…
1. Anesthesiologist Involvement in an ASC: Q&A With Howard Balkenbusch of Associated Anesthesiologists of Fort Wayne — Howard Balkenbusch of Associated Anesthesiologists of Fort Wayne answers some questions regarding anesthesiologists and their involvement in surgery centers.