A recent study published in The Cochrane Library found that weight-loss surgery is effective on those patients with less-severe obesity, but questions still remain about long-term outcomes and which procedures are more effective than others, according to a report in…
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A study by the Commonwealth Fund has found that private Medicare Advantage plans will be paid $11.4 billion more in 2009, and have been paid $43 billion more since 2004, than what the same beneficiaries would have cost the traditional…
CMS has announced new inpatient payment rates for fiscal year 2010 for both acute care and long-term care hospitals, according to a CMS news release.
A new study published in the Archives of Surgery showed that complication and morality rates were similar at centers designated as bariatric centers of excellence as compared with other hospitals, according to a report in Science Daily.
The Nevada Assembly and Senate joint subcommittee has agreed to increase the frequency of inspections at ambulatory surgical centers, according to a report in the Las Vegas Sun.
Here are statistics about the earnings and growth of registered nurses from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2008-2009 Edition.
Interventional pain management is experiencing challenges and changes both similar to and unique from other specialties in the ASC setting. Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah and Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, Ky., discusses…
Adequate on-call emergency coverage is a real issue for hospital emergency departments and inpatients requiring urgent specialist consultation. Sullivan Cotter’s 2008 Physician On-Call Pay Survey Report states that 85 percent of survey respondents have experienced difficulty finding physicians to provide…
In speaking with administrators and physicians at surgery centers, rising costs of supplies is among their primary concerns, especially in today's challenging economy. It is critical to undertake initiatives to keep costs under control. Russ Ede, vice president of non-acute…
Cigna Corp. is considering additional job cuts as part of cost reductions following the company's announcement of less than expected first-quarter earnings, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.