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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…

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.

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.

This article briefly outlines 50 things to know about the Medicare Shared Savings Program proposed rule — which established Medicare accountable care organizations — released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on March 31. The article begins…

Here are 10 big fraud and abuse cases involving hospital executives.

Becker’s Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control finds and is provided with a wide range of downloadable tools and resources designed to help healthcare providers improve the quality of care they can provide to their patients and ensure a…