Here are some interesting statistics on hospital finances in the economic downturn, according to the March survey report titled Healthcare Financial Pulse: How Hospitals are Combating the Financial Downturn by the Healthcare Financial Management Association, which was based on responses…
The Latest
Norman Ornstein, who will deliver a keynote address at the 16th Annual Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs conference to held in Chicago from Oct. 8-10, is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public…
Bill Lane, who will deliver a keynote address at the 16th Annual Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs conference to held in Chicago from Oct. 8-10, is the author of Jacked Up and served as a speechwriter,…
Bill Lane and Norman Ornstein will deliver keynote addresses at the 16th Annual Improving Profits and Business and Legal Issues for ASCs conference to be held in Chicago from Oct. 8-10.
The 2009 Survey of Health Care Consumers, conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, found that 94 percent of Americans surveyed believed that healthcare costs were a threat to their personal financial security, according to a summary from Deloitte.
A study conducted by the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has found that 60 percent of the nearly 1,000 participating ambulatory healthcare facilities indicated a decreased demand for services in the past 12 months, with 11 percent of facilities reporting…
CMS has begun to enforce stricter requirements for physician reporting after successful enrollment or re-enrollment, according to a report by American Medical News.
Five former patients of Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, S.D., have sued the center for improper infection prevention procedures that may have exposed the patients to blood-borne infections, including HIV, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
The U.S. attorney's offices in Massachusetts and West Virginia are investigating Biomet, a leading orthopedic device manufacturer, for improper sales, promotion and billing by its spinal device unit, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Physicians' Surgical Care Center of Winter Park (Fla.) and Surgical Care Affiliates announced that they have acquired Stryker 1080p wireless high- definition video systems for use in the center's four operating rooms, according to a news release from Physicians' Surgical…