Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said the healthcare reform law's medical device tax, due to go into effect in 2013, could cut jobs in his state, according to a Medical Device Now report.
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AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, a medical billing, practice management and healthcare coding services company, recently appointed John A. Roberts as chief financial and administrative officer and Michael Youmans as senior vice president of sales and marketing, according to an AdvantEdge Healthcare…
A recent Trendwatch report, published by the American Hospital Association, draws attention to and expresses concern over unplanned readmissions related to initial admissions, stating “[hospitals] cannot influence the occurrence of unplanned, unrelated readmissions because they are not predictable or preventable.”…
A study of accidental ingestion of pharmaceutical drugs by children shows "the problem of pediatric poisoning in the U.S. is getting worse, not better," according to a Journal of Pediatrics release.
The owner of R&V Medical Supplies in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 66 months in prison due to a Medicare fraud and kickback scheme, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. In June, Robert Saul pleaded guilty…
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Thirteen representatives of New Jersey ambulatory surgery centers and the New Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Center Association traveled to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 14 to lobby for support for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according…
The shortage of surgeons may decrease if potential retiring surgeons are offered part-time employment, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Following last week's Washington State fly-in, Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has joined the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011 as a co-sponsor, according to an ASCA release.
Although imaging centers share many concerns with ambulatory surgery centers, they have been going through harder times and even bigger market changes than ASCs, says Kevin McDonough, senior manager in the Dallas office of VMG Health.
The following article is written by Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, Regent Surgical Health. This is the third and final installment regarding ASCs and EHR Systems. The first article, "Electronic Health Records: What Does it Mean and Do…