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To address circumstances when a surgery center encounters patients with a known history of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or those who are currently infected with it, the Laser Spine Institute developed a MRSA policy as part of its infection control…

The president and vice president of the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (CASCA) have written a column appearing in the Colorado Healthcare News which focuses how the more than 110 ASCs in the state help to rein in rising healthcare…

Partners Medical Consulting, a healthcare consulting company based in Sioux Falls, S.D., has the hiring of Kyle Goldammer as CEO, Heidi Babb as vice president of revenue cycle management and Cher Anderson, RN, as vice president of clinical services.

The Department of Health & Human Services has submitted a proposed final rule for the accounting of disclosures of electronic health records, according to an update by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

Alex Cahana, MD, director of the University of Washington's Division of Pain Medicine, is working with the U.S. Army to formulate a pain management approach that would address a key issue brought to light by an Army report — up…

Lance E. Faulkner from Tecumseh, Okla., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for healthcare fraud in connection with the sales of prosthetic limbs and components, according to a Department of Justice news release. Mr. Faulkner owned and operated…

Some drug manufacturers are lobbying in support of legislative proposals in states across the country that, if enacted, would limit full utility of electronic prescribing, according to a Pharmaceutical Care Management Association news release.

Whidbey General Hospital in Coupeville, Wash., will forego approximately $1.7 million in Medicare billings due to Stark Law violations, according to a Seattle Post Intelligencer report. The hospital had to hold off billing Medicare from those physician’s involved in the…

Florida Pain Clinic Society has expressed its opposition to Governor Rick Scott's proposal to repeal the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, which the society says is the only way to effectively enforce prohibition against "doctor shopping," according to a FPCS news…

Here are five statistics on hand surgeon compensation according to MGMA's 2010 Physician Compensation and Production Survey, which is based on 2009 data.