Here are five ways orthopedics-driven ASCs can drive down supply costs.
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Alex B. Valadka, MD, is a Houston neurosurgeon and spokesperson for the Alliance of Specialty Medicine. The alliance was involved in discussions with drafters of the healthcare reform bill and continues to work with Congress on healthcare issues. Here he…
Most ASC administrators are aware that contracting with a group purchasing organization can help lower supply costs, but simply joining the organization may not be enough. Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., discusses three ways…
Full-time medical biller/coder needed to join orthopedic spine practice located in Northern New Jersey.
A new medical center set to open Jan. 3, 2011, in Dearborn, Mich., by Oakwood Healthcare will include operating rooms for ambulatory surgery, according to a report from The Detroit News.
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The Senate has passed a bill which would exempt physicians from the Federal Trade Commission's Red Flags Rule, according to a Healthcare IT News report.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has released a 170-page report summarizing the findings of its investigation into allegations of unnecessary heart stents performed by Mark Midei, MD, at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md., according to a Baltimore…
A Gooding County, Idaho prosecutor will not be filing charges against former CEO of North Canyon Medical Center Earl Fitzpatrick, who was terminated in September over a banking mistake, according to a Times-News Magic Valley report.
The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners has allowed Mark Kabins, MD, a surgeon from Las Vegas, to keep his medical license after he pleaded guilty last year to his role in a fraud scheme, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal…
The federal government has filed a lawsuit against Daniel Chidi Uba, MD, an internist from Fayetteville, N.C., and his company Rapha Health Systems for allegedly defrauding federal healthcare programs, according to a FayObserver news report.