Here are 10 current topics on orthopedic and spine-driven ASCs.
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Alan Beyer, MD, of Orthopedic Surgery Center of Orange County in Newport Beach, Calif., discusses four ways the surgery center has expanded orthopedic practice at the surgery center.
Genascis CEO Ed Gallo is responsible for the company's roll-out of a single-source revenue cycle solution for ASCs, an initiative that Genascis says significantly reduces frustration with the revenue cycle and facilitates faster compensation for ASCs.
The number of insured Americans dropped in 2009 for the first time since the government began using comparable data in 1987, and several other measures hit new lows, according to a release by the U.S. Census Bureau.
The HHS' Office of Inspector General has issued an advisory opinion regarding a 50-50 partnership between a health system and a physician group, both in a position to refer business to one another, to develop an ambulatory care center. The…
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Question from orthopedic surgeon: Do you see, or sense, a movement by government or big (medical) business to legislate or eliminate the independent medical practitioner/business? This was asked by one of our orthopedic physicians. He thought you might know.
Connie Casey, administrator at Northpoint Surgery Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., discusses three ways the surgery center has worked with its group purchasing organization to drive down some of the center's biggest costs.
Forest Pharmaceuticals, based in St. Louis, has agreed to pay more than $313 million to settle allegations of paying illegal kickbacks in the form of expensive meals, entertainment and cash payments disguised as grants or consulting fees to physicians prescribing…
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson has agreed to hear a lawsuit by 20 state Attorneys General against the healthcare reform law, according to a Reuters report.
Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health Systems has agreed to pay the state of Georgia nearly $2.4 million to settle a Medicaid billing investigation for both inpatient and outpatient services at five WellStar hospitals — Cobb Memorial Hospital, WellStar Kennestone Hospital ,…