With nearly 15 years of experience as a healthcare executive — first as CEO and CFO of a healthcare IT company and later as CEO of Meridian Surgical Partners, David "Buddy" Bacon, CPA, understands why healthcare facilities succeed and fail.…
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Jack Egnatinsky, MD, medical director of the AAAHC and a retired anesthesiologist, provides guidance for what he has seen as a challenge for many ASCs: peer review, which is a sub-chapter in the AAAHC standards manual.
A Houston, Texas woman was sentenced Monday to four years in prison and ordered to pay $1.46 million in restitution to Medicare for her involvement in healthcare fraud, according to a news release by the Department of Justice.
The House of Representatives has passed new legislation that would clarify and improve programs related to the Veterans', Seniors and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act, according to report by AHA News Now.
It's no wonder leaders in the health community, such as Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, are joining together in Miami for the nation's first healthcare fraud summit: The scope of healthcare fraud is…
Kevin Dowdy is director of managed care for Meridian Surgical Partners.Q: Our ASC is currently negotiating our managed care contracts. What are some clauses payors try to include in contracts that we should watch for and fight?
Developing a manipulation under anesthesia program at your ASC may provide you with a new revenue source. MUA is a non-invasive pain management technique performed by chiropractors, osteopathic physicians and medical doctors. The procedure involves stretching and deep massage of…
The World Health Organization has created posters to help organizations improve hand hygiene — one showing proper hand washing steps and one providing proper hand rubbing steps.
Memorial Mission Surgery Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., was recently recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy through its "Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program." The program seeks to recognize facilities committed to following guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscopy reprocessing and…
While it is critical for ASCs to constantly explore growth strategies such as adding more cases and recruiting physicians, more and more ASCs are considering adding untraditional ASC specialties like spine and retina. While these may seem to fall under…