Citing federal statistics, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality says uninsured adults were more likely in 2007 to have problems accessing a physician specialist than people who had insurance coverage, according to a report by AHA News Now.
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A bill has been introduced in the Illinois Senate that would significantly increase the cost of licensing fees for ambulatory surgical facilities and hospitals in Illinois, according to Julie Sullivan, a healthcare attorney with McGuireWoods.
David Daniel (Lakeland Surgical and Diagnostic Center, Lakeland, Fla.). Mr. Daniel is the CEO of Lakeland Surgical and Diagnostic Center, a large, independently-owned, freestanding, multi-specialty ASC that currently treats more than 19,000 patients annually, involving 32,500 procedures. LSCD opened in…
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a Web site for medical workers who wish to volunteer their services to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti, according to the HHS.
Carilion Clinic has reached an agreement with a group of Roanoke, Va., physicians to purchase the Center for Surgical Excellence in Roanoke, according to a report by the Roanoke Times.
A multi-specialty surgery center had outgrown its currently location was relocating to a new facility capable of handling double the ASC's current case load. In order to prepare for an increase in procedures, the ASC had to ensure that they…
Greensboro, N.C.-based NeuIsys Imaging System Solutions, a provider of state-of-the-art CT and MR imaging systems to physician practices, has entered into agreements with three gastroenterology (GI) practices have to plan, install and service the recently FDA-approved NeuViz 16 Multi-Slice Computed…
AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, one of the nation's leading providers of medical billing and practice management services, has acquired Medical Account Services, the premier anesthesia billing company throughout Ohio, according to an AHS news release.
New York Governor David Paterson is hoping to add tighter restrictions on medical device and pharmaceutical industry sales representatives' relationships with physicians to his proposed 2010-2011 budget, according to a report in the Massachusetts Medical Devices Journal.
Trinity Surgery Center in San Antonio, Texas, is set to break ground on a new state-of-the-art dental surgery facility that will provide care to special needs patients, according to a report in the San Antonio Business Journal.