A payor has awarded a deceased patient’s wife a $1 million settlement from it concluded the physician’s absence during the patient’s procedure contributed to his death, according to an Orlando Sentinel report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
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Here are 10 reports about companies serving the ambulatory surgery center industry that recently announced changes to their leadership teams.
Three physicians have spoken out about medical errors they have committed during their career in efforts to change the culture of shame and depression that is often associated with medical errors, according to an American Medical News report.
Healthcare reform, the debt crisis and the continual regulatory changes that characterize the healthcare and life sciences industries have created certain shifts in the prospects of healthcare investments. This article briefly outlines 13 areas within healthcare in which private equity…
The FDA has released a draft guidance clarifying how benefit-risk determinations are made during premarket review of certain medical devices, according to an FDA news release.
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Results of a new study could help researchers predict age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the Archives of Ophthalmology.
The Commissioners of Knox County, Tenn., are considering setting guidelines on where a pain clinic could operate, who could own it and what registration requirements would be needed, according to a report by Volunteer TV.
Dewey C. MacKay, MD, a Utah orthopedic surgeon on trial for 85 counts of illegally prescribing pain medication, told the court that all the drugs he prescribed were medically justified to help patients function and improve their quality of life,…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology documentation and coding.
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Aisthesis has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held Oct.…