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Charles Friedman, MD, an anesthesiologist at West Park Surgery Center in Pinellas County, Fla., discusses six ways the surgery center is working to maximize efficiency and profitability at the pain management-driven facility.

Federal officials would gain more powers to identify Medicare and Medicaid fraud early and reduce an estimated $55 billion in improper payments each year, according to a report by USA Today.

2010 has been a year of more stability for surgery centers than anticipated. Here are eight issues facing ASCs.

This is a list of 24 orthopedic practices with great sports medicine programs. The list was devised from recommendations by leaders in sports medicine, nominations and research.

Dey, a pharmaceutical company based in Basking Ridge, N.J., has agreed to pay $2 million to settle accusations of Medicaid fraud by the state of Wisconsin, according to a news release by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen.

Florida gubernatorial candidate and former Columbia/HCA CEO Rick Scott claims he would have stopped the hospital company from committing healthcare fraud that violated federal anti-kickback law if he had been aware of it, despite annual reports showing he was, in…

SourceMedical has announced the launching of the Advanced Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) solution, a revenue cycle management tool that can help to automate the claims management process for ASCs.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCullom is investigating 18 hospitals throughout the state for improper Medicaid billing of emergency services, according to a Miami Herald report.

Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.V., has opened its new $8 million ASC, according a report from The Register-Herald.

Here are 14 statistics on net revenue and gross charges for ASC orthopedic cases, based on a 2009 analysis of 174 licensed freestanding ASCs, according to the VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.