Surgery Center of Peoria (Ariz.) will remain in Peoria and expand, according to a report posted on www.YourWestValley.com, which provides content from the Daily News-Sun, Surprise Today and Glendale-Peoria Today.
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The editorial team at Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review is currently working on our list of the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare," to be published online on May 1, 2011, and in our May/June print issues.…
Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review are now accepting nominations for the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare."
To meet its requirements for performing an annual tuberculosis risk assessment, Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center documents its compliance by filling out an extensive worksheet.
A federal jury is set to deliberate over accusations that a former Pine Bluff, Ark., physician implanted unapproved birth control devices into his female patients, according to a KSPR news report.
APIC Responds to Published Study on Surveillance for Public Reporting of Bloodstream Infection Rates
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has expressed concern over a recently published article in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled "Quality of Traditional Surveillance for Public Reporting of Nosocomial Bloodstream infection Rates," according to…
Ameritox, a drug-testing company based in Midland, Texas, has agreed to pay $16.3 million to settle a false claims lawsuit accusing the company of paying kickbacks to physicians, according to a St. Petersburg Times news report.
Fraud losses in the healthcare sector continue to slice into the precious resources of ambulatory surgical centers. ASCs need to work hard to protect the dollars they earn, but, with the right controls and processes, an ASC can help protect…
Bryce Turnbull, managing director at Cerner, offers nine things to know about EMRs for ASCs.
In a letter to the Wall Street Journal written in response to comments from American Hospital Association President Richard Umbdenstock calling for providers to "work together to provide better coordinate care based on patient need," Thomas J. Friedrich, RN, from…
