Physicians Endoscopy (PE) is seeking a Director of Implementation Services to focus on the development of new ambulatory surgery centers. This role will provide hands-on project management and operational support and must be knowledgeable in ASC regulations, standards and regulatory…
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Todd Borst, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners in Northern California, recommends six ways save on supplies in ambulatory surgery centers.
Expected FDA approval of transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices, already approved in Europe, would set off a boom in such devices over the next few years, according to a news release by the Millennium Research Group.
Seton Healthcare Family in Austin, Texas, and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas are creating a research institute that will translate research into medical devices, treatments and other uses, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman.
Florida officials are beginning to enforce a new state law that bars pain clinics from dispensing narcotic and addictive pain medicines, according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel.
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CMS has postponed implementing a rule change that would stop reimbursing pharmacies for medications used in implanted pumps for chronic pain patients, according to a report by the Meridian Star.
Only six adverse error reports regarding medication errors have been submitted to the Oregon Patient Safety Commission's public reporting system in the last three years, according to a news report by The Oregonian.
Rakesh Nathu, MD, a radiation oncologist from Las Vegas, has agreed to pay the federal government $5.7 million plus interest in order to settle false claims allegations, according to a local FOX news report.
Alan Gumer, MD, a psychiatrist from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has pleaded guilty to his role in a $200 million Medicare fraud scheme dating back to 2004, according to a Miami Herald news report.
The Senate Finance Committee postponed a scheduled "mock" markup of the South Korea, Colombia and Panama Free Trade Agreements that include an extension of Trade Adjustment Assistance last week, postponing two provisions from the ASC Quality and Access Act that…