The Detroit City Council voted 7-1 to approve a Renaissance Zone permit for Detroit Medical Center, exempting the hospital and buyer Vanguard Health Systems from most city, county and state taxes for 12 years, according to a report in the…
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Ernesto Angel Montaner, formerly of Miami-Dade County, Fla., was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and multiple counts of healthcare fraud, a week after his son, Ernesto Montaner, and co-conspirator, Jose Antonio Varona were charged with conspiracy…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a new initiative to address safety problems associated with external infusion pumps, which are often used to deliver fluids, including nutrients and anesthesia and chemotherapy medications, into a patient's body in a…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration hosted a call to update stakeholders on the current shortage of propofol injection and other anesthesia drugs and announced a new website designed to answer common questions about the shortage, according to a news…
Jon Vick, President of ASCs Inc.: ASC values have been steady in a narrow range for the last 16 months, and we see them staying about where they are now for the foreseeable future. The ASC market remains very competitive;…
Thomas J. Savides, MD, interim chief and professor of clinical medicines for the division of gastroenterology, has been named as physician of the year for UC San Diego Health System, according to a UCSD news release.
St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis has added Twan Phanijphand, DO, a gastroenterology specialist, to its medical staff, according to a St. Anthony's news release.
Several California hospitals will begin using bundled fees, which include both facility and physician fees, when billing for hip and knee replacements, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Here are the 2010 Medicare payment rates for six upper GI procedures in the ASC setting.
The average number of cases per surgery center in 2008 was 3,695, according to SDI Health. Here are the percentage of surgery centers by their 2008 annual cases.