Advantedge Healthcare Solutions, a leading provider of medical billing and practice management services, and Physicians' Service Center, a leading medical billing company in the Midwest have announced an agreement to combine their respective businesses, according to an Advantedge news release.
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National ASC Open House Day, sponsored by the ASC Association, will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009, at ASCs across the country.
Health Net has announced that it plans to sell its health insurance operations in Connecticut, New York and New Jersey to UnitedHealth Group for $510 million, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
New York Health Commissioner Richard Daines, MD, and members of the Public Health Council discussed how the Department of Health and the PHC assess and approve applications for new freestanding surgery centers, according to a news release from the Healthcare…
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