15 Questions for 2011; 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference (June 9-11, Chicago) – 101 Sessions and 134 Speakers
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10 Key Trends for Surgery Centers in 2011 1. Continued decline in ASC volume. The decline in overall volume of ambulatory surgery center cases will not be as steep as in 2010, when volume fell by an estimated 5 percent,…
Implantable Provider Group (IPG), a provider of implantable device management, has announced Todd Rielly will serve its new CFO.
For the first time, the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General in New York lost more money than it recovered in 2009, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
TriMedx Foundation, a non-profit that provides medical equipment and training to hospitals in third-world countries, is seeking volunteers with biomedical equipment and training experience to go to Haiti this year to volunteer at two hospitals, according to a news release.
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Hospitals that screen patients in the intensive care unit for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) help save the facility money, according to a study published in the February issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the…
California Ambulatory Surgery Association Legislative Advocate Bryce Docherty discusses three priorities for the association in 2011.
Medline Industries, the country's largest privately-held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies, has launched an orthopedic soft goods line under the Curad brand, according to a Medline release.
David Shapiro, MD, chairman of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, expressed concern over lagging reimbursements that could put some centers out of business, according to a Denver Business Journal report.
A Coachella Valley, Fla., physician who stole patient identities, used other physicians' prescription pads to obtain painkillers for herself and filed false workers' compensation and police reports, has been sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation, according…