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Healthcare facilities are right to be concerned about the path to ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation: Healthcare experts emphasize that providers have a lot of work to do to meet documentation requirements, adapt their software to the new codes and prepare for decreased…

Premier, a healthcare alliance of more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000 other healthcare sites, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable evaluation form for safety needle/syringe devices.

Implementing an electronic health record can be a daunting task for an ambulatory surgery center, considering the capital needed to purchase hardware and software, train employees and account for productivity loss during implementation. Robert Lamont, CEO of The Eye Center…

Employee contributions to employer-sponsored health insurance increased by approximately 121 percent from 2001-2009, far outpacing premium costs, according to a MedPage Today report.

Here are 20 devices, pieces of equipment and resources for use in ambulatory surgery centers and their operating rooms. Note: Devices and equipment are organized in alphabetical order and by specialty or purpose.

So you have a great idea for a quality study. You identify the problem or opportunity — it is meaningful and measurable. You take the time collect great data. But now what do you do with it?

Last Friday, Brett Gosney, CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital in Durango, Colo., spoke about the prognosis of physician-owned hospitals for the next four years at the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management Conference in Chicago. Mr. Gosney is also…

The following article is written by Matt Smith, marketing analyst for Healthmark Industries Co. There is nothing more challenging to effective cleaning than receiving instruments in the decontamination area that have dried blood on them. Reducing this concern has always…

In the May edition of Diabetes Practice Options, AAPC member Jennifer Hume, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CEMC, discussed four common coding myths that cause revenue loss, according to an AAPC release.

John J. Goehle, COO of Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies in Rochester and Albany, N.Y., is author of "The Survey Guide for ASCs - A Guide to the CMS Conditions for Coverage & Interpretive Guidelines for Ambulatory Surgery Centers." He identifies eight…