Scott Spector, MD, an eye surgeon in Norwalk, Conn., will perform free cataract surgery for 14 patients on March 1 at his ASC, according to a report in The Stamford Times.
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On Feb. 11, David Thoene, managing member of Medical Surgical Partners, presented a Webinar titled "Hospital-Doctor Joint Ventures: A Highly Efficient Physician-Engagement Tool" that highlighted reasons for and benefits of creating hospital-physician ASC joint ventures.Mr. Thoene began the presentation by…
Detroit-area resident Muhammad Shahab has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his role in organizing a Detroit-area home healthcare fraud scheme, according to a Department of Justice news release.
The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2010, according to an AAAHC news release.
Surgeons at Wheaton Franciscan-All Saints hospital in Racine, Wis., have raised concerns over a change in hospital policy that uses more nurse anesthetists than anesthesiologists, in spite of a growing nationwide trend of this practice, according to a report in…
The International Anesthesia Research Society announced 10 grant recipients in 2009, committing over $1 million to anesthesia research and other projects that will advance the specialty of anesthesiology, according to an IARS news release.
Whether or not broad-based healthcare reform is enacted in the near future, provider payment reform that encourages integration of healthcare delivery has bipartisan support but faces hurdles, said several speakers at a recent National Health Policy Conference co-sponsored by AcademyHealth…
In a nationwide Zogby International-University of Texas Health Science Center poll, 57 percent said Congress should start over with health reform legislation and 56.4 percent think reforms should be introduced step-by-step, according to a report by The Hill.
Healthcare reform legislation passed by the Senate in December would cut the number of uninsured Americans to 25 million by 2019, a 53 percent decrease, according to a new study released by RAND Corp.
Here are regional and historical salary statistics about the average salaries of anesthesiologists, according to Forbes.