Partnership or operating agreement risk relate to the terms by which an ASC is governed and managed. Here are four operating agreement risk factors and relative importance ASC operators weigh on each, according to VMG Health's ValueDriver ASC Risk Assessment…
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U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy announced a new task force to target healthcare fraud in Western Virginia and the Roanoke area, according to a report from WJZ News.
A study presented at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 26th annual meeting investigated methods for reducing the estimated $1 billion spent annually on pain care treatment in the United States and found that intrathecal drug delivery systems could save…
The American Academy of Pain Medicine released a statement voicing strong support of certain components of the healthcare reform legislation that will "improve the quality of life for people who suffer with chronic and acute pain," according to an AAPM…
Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., exited bankruptcy on Wednesday with the sale of $11 million in bonds to pay off creditors and plan improvements, according to a report by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
A new practice brief in the May issue of the Journal of American Health Information Management Association notes that the focus of most CDI programs is to improve the quality of clinical documentation regardless of its impact on revenue, while…
The American Health Information Management Association announced it has been granted accreditation for its Certified Coding Associate program through April 2015 from the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, the accreditation body of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence, according to an…
Christopher Joyce, MD, and Brian Lahmann, MD, of Joliet, Ill., performed their 1,000th gastric band surgery this month at Silver Cross Hospital, placing them among the top 1 percent of surgeons performing this procedure, according to a report in The…
A Democrat opposing health reform won the special election for the late Democratic Rep. John Murtha's seat in a conservative district in Pennsylvania, according to a report from the Washington Post.
Freeman Surgical Center, an ASC developed in Joplin, Mo., by Freeman Health System, Nueterra Healthcare and local physicians, will open June 1, according to The Joplin Globe.