In Aug. 2009, a laptop belonging to an employee of Blue Cross/Blue Shield was stolen from a car in Chicago. While laptops are stolen in the United States all of the time (every 12 seconds, according to FBI and insurance…
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A proposed eye center in Maryland, which includes an ambulatory surgery center, was approved for a $3.5 million bond as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a report in The Herald-Mail.
Aetna Inc. and United Healthcare will now cover laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, a newer method of bariatric surgery that is becoming increasingly popular as a treatment for morbid obesity, according to a news release from the American Society for Metabolic &…
PINNACLE III, a leader in operational development and management of ASCs throughout the country and provider of ASC and physician billing solutions, has named Simon J. Schwartz as its director of marketing and sales.
Westborough, Mass.-based Viking Systems' 3DHD prototype visualization system, displayed on a Sony prototype medical grade 3DHD monitor, was demonstrated for attendees of the 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery held in National Harbor, Md., last week, according to a Viking…
Standard & Poor's reaffirmed Honolulu-based Queen's Health System's A+ long-term bond rating on around $365 million of outstanding debt for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, according to a report in the Pacific Business News (Honolulu).
Q: What is the current national perspective on manipulation under anesthesia and how does it pertain to ASCs?Robert Goldstein, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, Somnia Anesthesia Services: Manipulation under anesthesia remains a very controversial procedure, with variable…