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Overcoming the Anesthesia Provider Shortage: Q & A with Marc Koch of Somnia Anesthesia

A critical shortage of anesthesia providers is currently impacting hospitals, ASCs and other surgical facilities throughout the United States. Here, Marc Koch, MD, MBA, president and CEO of Somnia Anesthesia, discusses how surgery facilities can adapt to overcome this provider…

Anesthesiologist Involvement in an ASC: Q&A With Howard Balkenbusch of Associated Anesthesiologists of Fort Wayne

Howard (Skip) Balkenbusch, CEO of Associated Anesthesiologists of Fort Wayne, Ind., offers is thoughts on the hotly debated topic of anesthesiologists' involvement with ASCs.

10 Questions and Answers About Measuring Your Accounts Receivable

1. How do we define accounts receivable (A/R)? The easiest explanation is that it is money owed to the ASC by a patient for services already provided (a type of credit, i.e., unsecured promises by patients to pay in the…

Study Finds More Massachusetts Residents Have Coverage, But Less Access to Care

A recent study reported that Massachusetts continued to see gains in the share of residents who reported having a steady source of healthcare coverage in 2008, its second year of near-universal coverage, but also saw growing numbers of patients saying…

Rankings Indicate Insurers Paying Physicians Faster, Denying Fewer Claims

Recent rankings by Watertown, Mass.-based athenahealth, a leading provider of internet-based business services to physician practices, and Physicians Practice show that national health insurers are paying physicians 5.3 percent faster and denying 9.0 percent fewer medical claims over the prior…

Excellentia Advisory Group to Host CMS RAC Audit Webinar

Excellentia Advisory Group, a healthcare consulting company, is hosting a one-hour webinar by Melanie Maycock, managed care/revenue cycle management director of Excellentia, titled "CMS RAC Audit — Are You Ready?" on June 17.

6 Urology Procedures ASCs Should Perform to Maximize Profits

Joseph Banno, MD, a board-certified urologist and founder of Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past chairman of the American Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, suggests ASCs should consider adding and performing the following six urology procedures to satisfy patient…

UCLA Spine Surgeon Failed to Disclose Payments

Jeffrey Wang, MD, chief of spine surgery at UCLA, failed to disclose to his employer $459,500 in payments from medical device companies, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.