This article briefly highlights 14 observations regarding the current ASC industry. It outlines a number of thoughts on trends and challenges being faced by ambulatory surgery centers.
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GENASCIS, a leading ASC revenue cycle management firm, has announced a new partnership with MedLearn for medical coding, compliance and payment resources, according to a GENASCIS news release.
The current physician shortage, especially in primary care, is worrisome to Obama administration officials who are working to implement legislation to expand healthcare coverage in the United States, according to an article in the New York Times.
The ASC Association has announced three ASC leaders who will each begin a three-year term of service on the Association Board, according to an ASC Association news release.
AmSurg has announced its earnings for the first quarter of 2009, according to an AmSurg news release.
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare has released a report providing best practices to decrease colonoscopy procedure times, according to an AAAHC news release.
Two bills on healthcare reform, proposed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski, have passed in the state House and may be decided on by legislators within the next three weeks, according to a report by the Statesman Journal.
Lake Forest (Ill.) Hospital received state approval to develop outpatient surgical and cancer centers at its Grayslake campus, according to a report in the Lake County News-Sun.
Tom Pliura, MD, JD, an independent attorney specializing in healthcare issues for surgery centers and physician practices and founder of zCHART and the zCHART EMR, discusses the increase in physician fraud investigations and offers suggestions as to how physicians and…
Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners, has been selected for the Dallas Business Journal's Forty Under 40 program, according to an announcement from THP.