Garnik Karapetyan and Iacob Razumnii, both from the Seattle area, have been charged with separate schemes to defraud Medicare of more than $2.6 million combined, according to a report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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Amerinet, a leading healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced new agreements with Ansell Healthcare for exam gloves and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for blood gas testing systems and service, according to an Amerinet news release.
Anthem Blue Cross of California has agreed to postpone big rate increases for individual policyholders from March 1 to May 1 so outside actuaries can review its rate proposal, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
The following quality improvement activities for office-based anesthesia are recommended by the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care and the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia's Committee on Office Based Anesthesia.
Witt/Kieffer, the nation's largest healthcare executive search firm, reported the following trends for executives it placed in healthcare and education in 2008, the latest available year. The company conducts more than 400 healthcare executive searches each year.
A June 2009 report on ASC growth by KNG Health Consulting, on behalf of the ASC Coalition, listed the following factors contributing to ASC growth.
The Center for Studying Health System Change released the following findings from the 2008 Health Tracking Physician Survey, the latest year available.
Standard & Poor's and Moody's have both reaffirmed strong bond ratings for North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, a major financial component of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, citing the hospital's current positive focus on integrating management, governance and…
Here are the average gross charges and net revenue per case for 11 surgical specialties for surgery centers with more than four operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Andrew Hayek, president & CEO, and Joe Clark, executive vice president and chief development officer, of Surgical Care Affiliates discuss the ASC transaction market and SCA's considerations for acquiring centers. During its time as an affiliate of HealthSouth, SCA acquired…