The spine service line can be a profitable one for outpatient surgery centers and their partners; however, favorable contracts with implant vendors are key to ensuring spine benefits a center's bottom line. Every additional dollar that is spent on implants…
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Pat McCaffrey, executive vice president of network management for Access MediQuip, discusses common reimbursement mistakes for surgical implant procedures.
Minimally invasive spine procedures involving the use of facet fixation products are expected to grow faster than other sectors of the spine surgery market over the next five years, according to US Markets for Minimally Invasive Spine Technologies 2008. The…
Q: Has access to financing/capital improved over recent months for ASC start-ups or are groups still struggling? Kyle Goldammer: In our opinion, groups are still struggling with financing. Although financing is available, the down payment required for large projects has…
Hospital ownership can occasionally affect the price a management company may pay for ASCs. Here are the impacts of hospital ownership as reported by management companies and the impact expressed in terms of multiples of EBITDA, according to HealthCare Appraisers'…
Here are the top 10 states with more hospitals than surgery centers by the number of hospitals per surgery center, according to SDI.
Here are the 2010 Medicare payments for 18 hemorrhoidectomy procedures in the ASC setting.
William S. Burke, a former executive of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for stealing $222,000 from the hospital, according to a report in The Boston Globe.
The American Pain Society has announced the winners of its prestigious annual achievement awards for excellence in the field of pain management in six categories including awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of…
The American Society for Anesthesiologists is urging its members to contact their local U.S. Representatives to support a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to review the accuracy of Medicare's payments for anesthesia services, according to an…