More than 500 physicians participated in a discussion, "FTC - Refusal to accept Medicare pricing = Price Fixing," on Sermo, an online community for physicians, according to a Sermo news release.
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Chicago-based NovaMed, a leading operator of ambulatory surgery centers in partnership with physicians, reported total net revenue growth to $39.8 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2009, up 10 percent from $36.2 million in the prior year fourth…
Regent Surgical Health, a leading developer of surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals, has announced that Michael Orseno has joined Regent's executive team as revenue cycle director, according to a Regent news release.
An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.
Richard Preske, MD, an ophthalmologist in Mount Airy, N.C., donated his Northwest Eye Surgery Center in Mount Airy to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a report by the Winston-Salem Journal.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has recognized 32 endoscopy units through its ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program, which honors endoscopy units that follow the ASGE guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscopy reprocessing and CDC infection control guidelines, according to…
Surgeons at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart, Ind., have performed the first surgeries at the hospital using Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a report in The Chronicle.
Brian Mathis, vice president of strategy at Surgical Care Affiliates in Birmingham, Ala., discusses surgical specialties with the highest profitability in ASCs and how to achieve profitability.
KLAS, an independent healthcare vendor research firm, has ranked 3M Health Information Systems as the second highest-performing healthcare software vendor in its 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS: Software & Professional Services report, according to a 3M news release.
Here are six statistics on CRNAs and nurse anesthetists, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists' Fiscal Year 2009 AANA Practice Profile and Demographic Surveys & Database.