Mayo Clinic, the Florida Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are working closely in Jacksonville, Fla., to access which patients treated at Mayo should proceed with follow-up testing after risk of exposure to hepatitis C,…
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A growing number of bacteria have developed mechanisms which render them resistant to many of the antibiotics normally used for their treatment, and this antimicrobial resistance is being recognized as a global health issue that could reduce control over many…
John Burke, PhD, serves as executive vice president and CEO of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, a leader in ambulatory healthcare accreditation with nearly 5,000 organizations accredited nationwide. The AAAHC accredits a variety of ambulatory health care organizations,…
CMS Administrator Don Berwick, MD, has declined a request from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) to provide a list people who donated to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, which Dr. Berwick headed before his CMS appointment, according to the Hill.
An internal memo at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas outlines the hospital's plans to withhold information from its outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche, due to concerns that any documents released to the auditor could be subject to an OIG subpoena,…
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Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Surgical Center, which has Surgical Care Affiliates as a general and managing partner, has celebrated its 25th anniversary, according to a report from The Tuscaloosa News.
Thomas A. Simpson, MD, is the chairman of the board of directors for the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgery Center. During the planning and development of the ASC, he led the board in considering which services the multi-specialty center could provide…
Individual ASCs face challenges from other surgery centers and hospitals, making it a difficult to maintain a competitive edge for some facilities. David Ott, MD, founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, Ariz., discusses how his orthopedic surgery center sustains…
David Ott, MD, founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix, Ariz., shares three ways the orthopedic surgery center maximizes profitability.
Full-time, board-certified pain management physician needed to join fast growing spine surgery center in Salem, Ore.