The Portex UniPerc Percutaneous Tracheostomy Kit, the first dedicated percutaneous tracheostomy option with tubes designed specifically for patients with larger necks, has received a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award from Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine, according to a news…
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Medivators Reprocessing Systems, a Minntech Corp. business group, received FDA 510(k) clearance of its Medivators DSD Edge automated endoscope reprocessor for the high-level disinfection of flexible, heat-sensitive endoscopes, according to a Medivators news release.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released two updates to the 2010 ASC payment system that include new business requirements and short descriptors for newly approved HCPCS codes, according to two transmittals from CMS.
Anesthesiologists sometimes do not bring in other team members when cases are waiting and when number of operating rooms currently running is less than allocated in an anesthesia group staffing agreement, according to a study in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Claudia Gourdon is senior vice president of New York-based Healthcare Finance Group, which specializes in senior debt financing.
Surgical Notes has launched a live, 24/7 online support service for its SnChart Transcription Service.
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National Medical Billing Services in Wildwood, Mo., specializes in providing billing and coding services to freestanding ASCs across the country. The company's over 50 employees, led by Lisa Rock, president and CEO, say that NMBS has provided a great culture…
The new health reform law raises Medicaid reimbursements to Medicare levels, but only for primary care physicians and just for two years, 2013-2014, according to a report by Kaiser Health News.
Five more states will join the original 13 states in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health reform law's mandate for Americans to have health insurance coverage, according to a release by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, who originally…