VMG Health has released the 2009 Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker, which provides detailed financial benchmarking information and analysis on ASCs around the United States.
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A 10-member state commission recommended that Massachusetts pay healthcare providers and hospitals a flat fee rather than on a per-visit basis to help control healthcare costs, according to a report in the New York Times.
Florida Department of Health dismissed a complaint against Thomas Rodenberg, MD, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who was the anesthesiologist handling the care of a man who was paralyzed after outpatient surgery, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Access MediQuip, a leading provider of outsourced implantable medical device management solutions to the healthcare industry, has named Tim Hargarten as its CEO, according to an Access MediQuip news release.
The National Quality Forum is seeking public comments on the draft document, National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Ambulatory Care Using Clinically Enriched Administrative Data, which outlines its consensus standards measures for ambulatory care.
Construction has begun on the Morledge Family Eye Clinic and Surgery Center in Billings, Mont., part of a new medical complex to be built near Rocky Mountain College, according to a report in the Billings Gazette.
Aleksandar Curcin, MD, was born in Novi Sad in the former Yugoslavia and eventually made his way to the East Coast where he studied medicine at the University of Maryland. He performed his orthopedic residency at Brown University in Providence,…
1. Orthopedics was fourth among identified specialties represented at single-specialty centers, tied with pain management, and was represented in 5 percent of all single-specialty ASCs.
Healthcare Reform; Hospitals and Health Systems: Improving Profitability of Orthopedic and Spine Programs - Growing Volumes, Assessing Financial Relationships, and Business and Legal Issues – October 7th; 16th Annual Improving the Profitability of ASCs Conference (Oct. 8-10, Chicago) - Special…
Many neurosurgeons I know are interested in handling spine surgeries at outpatient facilities, but have questions about managing risk as they make the transition from inpatient. That's just as it should be. In developing ASCs with Blue Chip Surgical Center…