The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a new rule that would revise its Conditions for Coverage for ASCs to exempt ASCs from providing advance notices prior to the day of surgery for same-day procedures in certain situations,…
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Melvin Young of Detroit has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his role in an unnecessary medical testing fraud scheme, according to a news release by the U.S. Department of Justice.
HealthCare Appraisers (HAI), a nationally recognized leader in providing fair market value opinions and valuation services for the healthcare and life sciences communities, recently published its Healthcare Transactions 2009 Year in Review, a compendium of key trends that were observed…
Nap Gary, President, Eastern Region of Regent Surgical Health: If I had to guess, I would expect that we'll see increasing stratification in values, with overall trends being slightly downward. Some centers — for example, those with favorable specialty reimbursement,…
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Note: Administrators are listed in alphabetical order. Margaret Acker (Blake Woods Medical Park Surgery Center, Jackson, Mich.)Ms. Acker is CEO of Blake Woods Medical Park Surgery Center, a three-OR, multi-specialty center in Michigan. Blake Woods’s surgeons perform around 6,000 cases…
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa (Calif.) has dropped plans for a physician-owned medical center, planned as part of its 70-bed expansion project, because it would not meet the new requirements for physician-ownership put in place by the healthcare reform…
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists has announced its support of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to reject the application of Johnson & Johnson's SEDASYS Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation System, according to an ASA news release.
The following are the top 10 most frequently reported surgical specialties in single- and multi-specialty ASCs in 2008 by percentage of centers reporting the specialty, according to SDI Health.