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Federal tort reform could reduce U.S. healthcare spending by $11 billion a year, according to a letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
The ASC Association has released the results of its 2009 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey. Data were collected using a 82-question survey sent to 5,111 ASCs, including ASC Association members and Medicare-certified ASCs. Participants were instructed to provide the…
Iowa Health System, the largest integrated health system in the state, and Allscripts have launched a program to convert a majority of Iowa's physicians from paper prescriptions to electronic ones in order to cut down on costly medical errors, according…
Medicaid reimbursements to physicians and facilities could drastically decline, as could the number of eligible Medicaid enrollees, when federal stimulus funds currently used to help state Medicaid programs avoid these reductions runs out, according to a report by American Medical…
GENASCIS, an ASC revenue cycle management and business intelligence company, has introduced its new Web-based technology, CODECYPHER, a "Coding Compliance Engine" developed in partnership with medical coding, compliance and payment company, Medical Learning, according to a GENASCIS news release.
The Medical Group Management Association and the American College of Medical Practice Executives appointed new board members at the MGMA 2009 Annual Conference in Denver, according to an MGMA news release.
Freeman Health System will build a freestanding outpatient surgery center in Joplin, Mo., along with Leawood, Kan.-based Nueterra Healthcare and 10 local physicians, according to a report in The Joplin Globe.
Cincinnati, Ohio-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery announced the launch of the Echelon Flex Endopath Stapler, the first and only articulating mechanical endocutter designed to be fully operated with one hand and used to cut and staple tissue in a variety of surgical…
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has begun accepting applications from HIT vendors for preliminary certification of electronic health record products for hospitals that will be eligible for funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a…