Jon Vick, President of ASCs Inc.: ASC values have been steady in a narrow range for the last 16 months, and we see them staying about where they are now for the foreseeable future. The ASC market remains very competitive;…
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Thomas J. Savides, MD, interim chief and professor of clinical medicines for the division of gastroenterology, has been named as physician of the year for UC San Diego Health System, according to a UCSD news release.
St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis has added Twan Phanijphand, DO, a gastroenterology specialist, to its medical staff, according to a St. Anthony's news release.
Several California hospitals will begin using bundled fees, which include both facility and physician fees, when billing for hip and knee replacements, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
Here are the 2010 Medicare payment rates for six upper GI procedures in the ASC setting.
The average number of cases per surgery center in 2008 was 3,695, according to SDI Health. Here are the percentage of surgery centers by their 2008 annual cases.
Here a breakdown of the case volume mix as a percent of an ASC's total cases, organized by an ASC's total number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Olympus will conduct a benefit auction of one of its EVIS EXERA II 180 HD platforms to bidders at hospitals and clinics across the U.S., beginning May 17, with proceeds going to the Entertainment Industry Foundation's National Colorectal Cancer Research…
CMS provides the following list of possible combinations for procedures with more than one surgical modifier (modifiers in parentheses):
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Here are the 2010 CMS payments for ASCs for six facet joint injection codes.