Kathleen McCullough, the former office manager of a plastic surgery center in Pittsburgh, Pa., was convicted of embezzling more than $140,000 from the center and another $1.2 million from an engineering firm where she served as controller, according to a…
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The survival and success of ASCs relies on recruiting physicians who can bring patients to the table, and having enough physicians and cases to keep ASCs profitable. But many ASCs are finding that recruiting new physicians to help the facility…
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Generous federal subsidies to the newly unemployed for COBRA health insurance expired June 1, according to a report by Insurance Networking News.
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The American Academy of Professional Coders announced Daniel Schwebach as its vice president of practice management initiatives, according to an AAPC news release.
The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons has issued a new practice guideline for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, which includes the use of radiofrequency ablation in the management of GERD and Barrett's esophagus, according to a…