Q: Solid business fundamentals are essential to the success of ASCs. What can centers do to ensure their processes are running as effectively and efficiently as possible?Robert Zasa: Case costing remains as important as ever. At our centers, we are…
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Co-management arrangements are relatively new pay-for-performance programs whereby hospitals engage physicians to manage and improve entire hospital service lines (e.g., cardiovascular, orthopedics, etc.). These arrangements place emphasis on achievement of pre-established quality and performance metrics and can offer significant improvements…
New state regulations setting time limits for HMO patients to see doctors may force HMOs to add more physicians to keep appointments on time, according to a release from the California Medical Association.
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., is asking for state permission to build a $38.7 million ASC next to its main campus, according to a report by the Business Journal Serving the Greater Triad Area.
Massachusetts hospitals and physician groups with market clout negotiate rates that are twice as high as for other hospitals, and such clout is the main cause of healthcare inflation in the state, according to a release by State Attorney General…
The former director of the cardiovascular center at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., has been charged with embezzling donations to the hospital's fundraising program and from other hospital sources, according to a report by the Enterprise News.
President Obama played down health reform in his State of the Union Address, not bringing it up until halfway through the speech, according to a report by NPR.
Pres. Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for 2011, which was submitted to Congress this morning, includes $25 billion to states for funding Medicaid, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The Andrews Institute is a nationally recognized orthopedic treatment and research center located in Gulf Breeze, Fla. The Andrews Institute features one of the most utilized athletic performance centers in the country as well as its own freestanding, multi-specialty ASC.
North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services has rejected a certificate of need application by FirstHealth of the Carolinas to build a $3.5 million surgery center in Hoke County, according to a report by the Fayetteville Observer.