AmkaiSolutions has announced the hiring of Chris Ford as its director of implementation services.
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A documentary featuring an interview with Greg Ranger, founder, president and CEO of TriMedx, has aired on PBS.
ASC management software company Mednet has announced the launching of electronic data interchange (EDI) connectivity with multiple vendors through its inventory management module.
A former family practitioner from Topeka, Kan., has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to sell medical equipment and treatments after falsely promoting an epidemic of Lyme disease, according to a Topeka Capital-Journal news report.
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., has agreed to pay $750 million to settle allegations that it manufactured and sold contaminated drugs to Medicaid and other government health programs, according to a Department of Justice news release.
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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.
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.