Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia found that colonoscopy preparation drugs administered the same day as the procedure are equally effective to those given the night before and the morning of the procedure, but result in less complaints of…
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From 2003-2005, Noridian Administrative Services, which provides administrative services for the Medicare program, made $3 million in Medicare overpayments to hospitals for inpatient services and had failed to recover $1.9 million of that amount, according to an audit from the…
NovaMed, a Chicago-based operator of ASCs in partnership with physicians, announced it will partner with Bronson Healthcare Group, a non-profit healthcare system based in Kalamazoo, Mich, according to a NovaMed news release.
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Brien Fausone is the administrator of Michigan Endoscopy Center, a single-specialty GI ASC managed by Physicians Endoscopy.
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Colorado has enacted legislation that will reopen the grandfathering period for CRNAs without graduate degrees if an applicant has been "recognized as an advanced practice nurse in another state or jurisdiction and has practiced as an advanced practice nurse for…
The average surgery center performed 3,695 cases in 2008. The total number of surgery centers in the U.S. was 5,876. Here is the breakdown, by percentage, of surgery centers by their total annual case volume, according to SDI.
The board of directors of Bluefield Regional Medical Center agreed to sell the hospital to a subsidiary of Tennessee-based Community Health Systems.
As healthcare costs rise and healthcare reform gets underway, more medical schools are grappling with how to incorporate teaching the financial side of practicing medicine into their curriculum, according to a report in The New York Times.