Krystal Mims, president of Texas Health Partners and a member of the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society, discusses four challenges facing Texas ASCs for the next year.
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Mike Kintner, service contracts manager at TriMedx, shares five strategies ASCs should adopt to achieve significant, sustainable equipment savings.
Physician shortage estimates are 50 percent worse than anticipated prior to healthcare reform, according to a release by the Association of American Medical Colleges. A report by the AAMC's Center for Workforce Studies made the following four other key findings:
A family practitioner from New Orleans and the owner of a Baker, La.-based medical equipment company have pleaded guilty to conspiring to submit more than $775,000 fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to a news report from The Advertiser.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced that Robert T. Van Hook will serve as its interim CEO effective Oct. 18 as the association conducts a search for a successor to CEO Kathy Warye.
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A new surgery center is part of a $210 million expansion project for New York Hospital Queens in Flushing, according to a news release from the organization.
A new study by University of Cincinnati oral and maxillofacial surgeons indicates outpatient treatment of jaw fractures does not impact outcome and can help reduce costs, according to a news release from the institution.
Ethicon has announced the launch of two new products in its hernia solutions portfolio —the ETHICON SECURESTRAP 5mm Absorbable Strap Fixation Device and ETHICON PHYSIOMESH Flexible Composite Mesh.
Having backed Democrats with generous funding in the run-up to healthcare reform, big parts of the healthcare industry have redirected their money to Republicans, according to a report by Politico.
Westview Women's Clinic in West Valley, Utah, is being investigated for allegedly submitting more than $1 million in false claims to Medicaid, according to a Deseret News report.