After several years of relative quiet on the hospital merger & acquisition front, 2010 may be the year things turn around, say those on the front lines. Jim Shannon, executive vice president of development for LHP Hospital Group, a privately…
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The average single-specialty ASC performed 3,124 cases in 2008, according to SDI Health. Here are the average annual cases for single-specialty ASCs by the five highest-performing specialties.
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Independent laboratories currently eligible to bill for the technical component of physician pathology services whether patients are inpatient or outpatient are allowed to continue to bill for their services through Dec. 31, 2010, according to the Centers for Medicare and…
Here are the 2010 Medicare reimbursement rates for 11 nerve block procedures performed in the ASC setting.
Two Florida lawmakers who proposed expanding Medicaid reform from Northeast Florida and Broward County to the whole state have conceded that the plan is likely dead for the year, according to a report by The Florida Times-Union's Jacksonville.com.
Citing recent legal cases involving surgical technicians, Colorado State Representatives Debbie Benefield and Sara Gagliardi outlined new legislation they introduced that calls for a surgical tech registry for the state, according to a guest commentary in The Denver Post.
Here is a list of common valuation multiple ranges paid for a controlling interest in an ASC, with percentages of ASCs that were able to negotiate the range from 2006-2008, according to HealthCare Appraisers' Healthcare Transactions 2009 Year in Review.
A study funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases found that a significant proportion of irritable bowel syndrome patients treated with cognitive behavior therapy, those called "rapid responders," saw and maintained improvement of their IBS…
Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City has been awarded a $9.4 million grant to set up an urgent care facility to treat some patients displaced by the closing of St. Vincent's Medical Center, according to a report in The…