Surgery Center at St. Andrews in Venice, Fla., is featured in a report by ABC 7 for its use of new technology to treat cataract surgery.
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As president of the California Ambulatory Surgery Association and manager of the Davis (Calif.) Surgery Center, Shannon Blakeley is a vehement advocate of surgery centers. In a June interview with the Sacramento Business Journal, he argued that by paying surgery…
Brian Brown, regional vice president of operations of Meridian Surgical Partners, suggests ASCs analyze the following 12 items and share the data with their physicians on a weekly basis.
Syed Ishaq, vice president for business development at Somnia Anesthesia Services in New Rochelle, N.Y., offers five observations on anesthesia in ASCs.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has developed information regarding how to identify individuals who are Robo tripping, the abuse of over-the-counter cough and cold medications, and what can be done to prevent overdose and health complications.
Now that Don Berwick, MD, is starting his new job as CMS administrator, his old job as CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has been given to his former COO, according to a release from IHI.
The OIG has announced it has entered into a $7.3 million civil settlement agreement with Chicago-based, physician-owned United Shockwave Services, United Prostate Centers and United Urology Centers (United) over charges that United violated federal anti-kickback laws.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has announced it has acquired an interest in Dublin (Ohio) Surgery Center, a 14,416 square-foot multi-specialty ASC.
Santa Ana, Calif.-based National Cardio Labs has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that the heart monitoring company defrauded Medicare, TRICARE and commercial insurers contracted through the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program, according to a report by the…
Micheline Lamarre, a physical therapist at Premium Care Physical Therapy in Brockton, Mass., and the practice's owner, Patrick J. Gelin, have been convicted of participating in a healthcare fraud scheme and conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, according to a report…