Dr. Ken Pettine, co-founder of Colorado's Rocky Mountain Associates in Orthopedic Medicine and The Spine Institute, has one piece of advice for his patients: "Friends don't let friends get fused." This phrase, which he trademarked as the tagline for The…
Uncategorized
E-mail scams are an unfortunate fact of life. They range from annoying time and storage wasters to serious security threats. The only way you can completely avoid them is to not use e-mail at all. Even the most effective anti-spam…
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program announced it became the first accrediting organization to join the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative executive committee.
Here are four statistics about orthopedics in ASCs, according to SDI.
Orthopedics can be extremely profitable for surgery centers if certain best practices are used to ensure efficient operations and quality care in this service line. Becky Mann, director of Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center in Warner Robins, Ga., and Timothy Kremchek,…
Advertisement
Baskaran Thangarasan, a licensed physical therapist from Farmington Hills, Mich., has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.3 million in restitution for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, according to a joint news release…
Pittsburgh, Pa.-based West Penn Allegheny Health System and its affiliate Canonsburg General Hospital plan to open a $14 million ambulatory care and surgery center in Peters Township, Pa., just south of Pittsburgh, according to a West Penn Allegheny news release.
SourceMedical has announced the launching of PerformanceExpert, a program intended to help ASCs improve the use of their SourceMedical software.
CMS has extended a hold on processing physician claims through this coming Thursday, anticipating the Senate would cancel a 21.3 percent cut in Medicare reimbursements by that time, according to an e-mail from CMS.
The Senate is not expected to vote on a proposed Medicare physician fee-fix before Friday, three days after CMS will start applying a required 21.3 percent cut to physician claims, according to the chief lobbyist for the AMA.