NovaMed has announced that it has acquired a 65 percent interest in Physicians Surgical Center, located in Lebanon, Pa.
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James B. Macon, MD, is a neurosurgeon based in Framingham, Mass., who performs surgical procedures at several west suburban Boston hospitals. We sat down with Dr. Macon, whose practice is dedicated to spine and pain surgery, and asked him to…
Foundation HealthCare Affiliates, a 13-year old development and management company of outpatient surgical facilities and surgical hospitals, announces that effective Jan. 1, the company will form two new wholly-owned subsidiaries.
Bayer Healthcare has agreed to pay the federal government $97.5 million plus interest to settle allegations that it paid kickbacks to 11 diabetic suppliers and caused those suppliers to submit false claims to Medicare, according to a U.S. Justice Department…
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A new report shows detailed information on net patient revenue, operating expenses, operating margins, net income and other financial statistics from fiscal year 2007 for 211 individual Pennsylvania surgery centers.
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While ASC facilities can expect a reduction in reimbursement in the specialties of pain management and GI in 2009, general surgery sees several procedures new to CPT and also some to the Medicare-approved procedures list which may offer reimbursement opportunities.…
Recently, there has been an upsurge in the number of ASCs looking for corporate investment partners. “Five years ago, there were not that many physician-owned ASCs that wanted corporate partners, says David Hall, chairman of Titan Health Corp. “But now…
Yellowstone Surgery Center (YSC) in Billings, Mont., has created a working environment that would rival — and even possibly best — some home environments.