Although hospitals and other healthcare institutions make their services and earnings publicly available through a Medicare database, similar data on physician and individual healthcare providers are kept confidential, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
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John Dooley, MD, an anesthesiologist and administrator at Mississippi Valley Surgery Center in Davenport, Iowa, says ASCs often make the mistake of overlooking the hidden costs associated with buying new equipment or technology. Hidden costs may vary from the cost…
Georganna Howell, administrator of Baltimore-based Greenspring Surgery Center, says ASCs should never make impulse purchases of supplies and materials. When ordering supplies, an ASC must stay tough and focused on what may be the best deal for the surgery center…
Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
A surgery center is part of a new hospital under development in Fillmore County, Neb., according to a report by KLKN-TV in Lincoln, Neb.
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Construction has begun on a new 8,500-square-foot medical complex in Ocala, Fla., which includes an ASC, according to the Florida Read Estate Journal.
A podiatrist from London, Ky., has been indicted for alleged Medicaid fraud following a criminal investigation by the Kentucky Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control Unit into his billing practices, according to a news release by Kentucky Attorney General…
The New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General has released the 2009 annual report detailing information about audits, investigations and initiatives related to Medicaid fraud and abuse that occurred in 2009, according to Medicaid Inspector General James G.…
The False Claims Act has proven to be effective and efficient in recovering taxpayer money stolen by perpetrators of fraud, according to a report by advocacy group Taxpayers Against Fraud.
Several public health and infectious diseases groups jointly authored a white paper that outlines a four-part framework for eliminating healthcare-associated infections, according to an Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology news release.