The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
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The following ten physicians were either accused or convicted of fraud within the past two months, beginning with the most recent. 1. Retired Chief of Surgery Sentenced to 2 Years Imprisonment For Florida Medicare Fraud SchemeA retired chief of surgery…
The unprecedented shortage of critical drugs used by ambulatory surgery centers has severely impacted an ASC's ability to provide services, according to Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm…
Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., addresses a question from a reader at an ambulatory surgery center regarding whether CMS requires ASC staff members to undergo tuberculosis testing.
The following article is written by Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, Regent Surgical Health. Ambulatory Surgery Centers will be required to implement Electronic Health Record systems (EHR) within the next few years. Participation in Medicare/Medicaid will depend on…
Last year was the first full year of Medicare's nationwide recovery audit contractor program. Here Lori Brocato, audit management product manager for Healthport, makes five points on how it went.
HHS has released a 429-page proposed rule on Medicare accountable care organizations. Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted for 60 days. ACOs are slated to start in Jan. 2012.
Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. "If patients develop an infection, it could mean losing the implant and going back to surgery," says Linda Greene, RN,…
Websites are very important business and marketing tools for surgery centers, says Bill Rabourn, founder and managing principal of Medical Consulting Group, and many ASCs are designing sites easily accessible for their patients. "We suggest that surgical centers have an…
Somnia Anesthesia Services has published three white papers, which discuss topics related to anesthesia and anesthesia management.