The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections, according to AAOS Now.
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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius said HHS would monitor health insurers who make "unjustified" rate increases attributed to mandates in the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
The owner of J & F Community Medical Center in Miami Shores, Fla., pleaded guilty today for her involvement in a $23 million Medicare fraud scheme and conspiring with a hired physician and others to carry out the fraud scheme,…
Two internists, two chiropractors, three acupuncturists and a clinic receptionist of Merrick Boulevard Clinic in Queens, N.Y., have been charged for their roles in an alleged fraud scheme, according to news release by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
The former chief financial officer of Gainesville, Fla.-based H.C. Healthcare, which owns and operates Jasper, Fla.-based Trinity Community Hospital, has been arrested in Illinois for her involvement in a fraud scheme, according to a Gainesville Sun report.
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AmkaiSolutions has announced the release of two new products — AmkaiOffice 3.3 and AmkaiCharts 1.11.
Kyle Goldammer, MBA, senior vice president of financial services for Surgical Management Professionals in Sioux Falls, S.D., is a great resource for advice on building a fiscally healthy surgery center. In a Becker's ASC Review column, he discussed the questions…
Andrea Born, practice administrator of Academy Orthopedics, which has three locations in Georgia, discusses one way the center recruits orthopedic physicians.
Every ASC infection control program needs to monitor daily, weekly cleaning, monthly and quarterly cleaning, according to Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., and a AAAHC surveyor.
CMS actuaries said the healthcare reform law won't significantly change national health spending over the next decade, contrary to the Democrats' arguments that the law would bend steep projected increases in healthcare spending, according to a report by the Wall…