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The following question pertains to the recent news: "CMS Waives Separate Waiting Room Requirement for ASCs Meeting New Criteria." The answer was provided by Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, chief development officer of Nikitis Resource Group, an ASC…

We caught up with Simeon Schwartz, MD, president of WESTMED Ambulatory Surgery Center in Rye, N.Y., on the day the ASC hosted its first procedure. The $4.5 million center, in Westchester County, north of New York City, is owned by…

Joseph Banno, MD, founder of the successful Peoria (Ill.) Day Surgery Center and past ASC chairman, is committed to providing quality healthcare all over the world. He helped pioneer the development of the world's first mobile ASC, a self-contained surgery…

Prairie Surgery Center, an eye surgery center in Springfield, Ill., is set to open in August, according to The State Journal-Register.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee has named Morgan Hanson as manager of grassroots advocacy.

1. The economy One of the biggest business issues facing ASCs today is something they have little control over — the economy. The bad economy and the resulting high unemployment rates have created multiple challenges for ASCs in recent years.…

HHS has waived a regulation that would require physicians to bill Medicare patients for additional coinsurance for June claims, in connection with to the 2.2 percent physician payment increase recently passed by Congress.

Former Beverly Hospital associate vice president Paul Galzerano has been indicted in a bribery and kickback scheme that brought him nearly $500,000 in profits, according to a report by The Salem News.

Augusta (Ga.) Medical Systems and its former owner, Julian Osbon, have been charged by federal prosecutors for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for more than $690,000, according to a news release by U.S. States Attorney Edward J. Tarver. …

If you are like most people in the healthcare industry, you get dozens — perhaps hundreds — of e-mails on a daily basis. E-mails from fellow employees or those within our close circle of business contacts generally fall into two…