George Steven Kooshian, an AIDS physician based in La Quinta, Calif., was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal healthcare fraud charges for "subdosing" patients by administering doses of medicine that contained less than the…
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ASCs Inc., an adviser for surgery centers, endoscopy centers and surgical hospitals, has announced the closing of an acquisition transaction for Mid-Peninsula Endoscopy Center in San Mateo, Calif.
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West Tennessee Healthcare in Jackson, Tenn., is relocating its multispecialty ASC to the six-hospital system's new physicians office tower, according to a release from West Tennessee Healthcare.
As hospitals and physicians offices become more involved in collecting charges from patients, it helps to understand how many have insurance policies, what their premiums are and what share of the premium they pay. Here the U.S. Agency for Healthcare…
A growing number of states require accreditors of office-based surgical facilities to evaluate practices in lieu of state inspections, according to a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care and the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia's…
Economic Research Institute reports the following estimated mean values for ophthalmologists' salaries.
Gastroenterologist Uma Karnam, MD, has opened a new office in Park City, Utah, his third in the region, according to a report from Dr. Karnam's office.
Testimony has ended in a trial over the proposed sale of Hemet, Calif.-based Valley Health System to Physicians for Healthy Hospitals, which alleges that the physician group influenced appraisers in their evaluation of the hospital district's assets, according to a…
Brookside Surgery Center in Battle Creek, Mich., will host two seminars in March on partial knee replacement as part of their physician-led "Outpatient Outlook" seminars, according to a report in the Battle Creek Enquirer.