You want the best staff possible, but it can be hard to get a sense of a person's character and work ethic during a brief interview. Lynda Simon, administrator of St. John's Clinic: Head and Neck Surgery in Springfield, Mo.,…
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CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Although the anesthesia section in the CPT manual is the smallest, it can be one of the most difficult areas…
Hugh Morgan is the quality assurance officer for Somnia Anesthesia Services, a physician-owned and -managed anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities, anesthesiologists and anesthesiology groups nationwide.
Jack Egnatinsky, MD, is one of three medical directors at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and has been an active surveyor with the organization since 1996.
The Center for Advanced Spinal Technology, based in Blue Ash, Ohio, is opening a second location in Erlanger, Ky., according to a Business Courier report.
A general practitioner from Farmington, Mich., has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and ordered to pay $9.4 million in restitution for his involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare, according to a news release by the Department of…
The following white paper was written by Blayne Rush, president of Ambulatory Alliances. It's the first day of your long-awaited, much-anticipated Scottish links tour. You inhale deeply, contentedly — enjoying the light scent of sea salt, peat, and heather as…
A majority of large U.S. employers are moving forward with plans to make changes to their 2011 health care benefit programs in the wake of both health reform and expected large health benefit cost increases next year, according to a…
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved guidelines for implementing new provisions for medical loss ratios under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an NAIC news release.
A new spine center will open at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C., according to a report by The Macon County News.