In a comment letter to CMS on its proposed outpatient prospective payment system rule to start Jan. 1, 2011, the AHA expressed "serious concerns" about "the continuing failure of CMS to require ASC quality and cost reporting."
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Michael Buckstein, MD, a general oncology surgeon at Northeast Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center in Hannibal, Mo., may be respected and recognized for his work with cancer treatment, but he remains humble about his accomplishments — so much so that congratulations…
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has recognized GI Associates & Endoscopy Center, which has four locations throughout Mississippi, as part of its Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program, which is committed to quality and safety in the practice of endoscopy in…
A few days before the July 4 holiday in 2009, staff at the Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs received a call setting off a public relations "nightmare," says Administrator Brent Ashby. It turned out that a surgical tech recently…
Gladiolus Surgery Center in Fort Myers, Fla., has reopened after state regulators lifted an admissions moratorium, according to Naples Daily News report.
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A recent report in the Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology journal emphasizes the necessity of influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel as a core patient safety practice that should be a condition of both initial and continued employment in healthcare facilities,…
Monterey (Calif.) Peninsula Surgery Center is featured in a report by Monterey County's The Herald for its quality patient care.
ASC Association and Ambulatory Surgery Foundation have assembled a final tribute to President Kathy Bryant, who is set to depart both organizations Aug. 31.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee has sent a letter to Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of CMS, with the Committee's comments on the proposed 2011 rule for ASC payments.
Rosa Genao, MD, a family practice physician, and her husband, Juan De Oleo, the owner of X-Press Center, a Detroit-area clinic that purported to specialize in providing injection and infusion therapies, have been convicted for their roles in a $2.3…