An investigation by the state of Indiana supports Medicaid fraud allegations raised in a 2005 lawsuit against Madison Center, a behavioral treatment center in South Bend, Ind., according to a news release from Phillips and Cohen LLP.
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In an effort to control its medical device costs, Anthem Blue Cross of California has begun outsourcing its device purchasing to Access MediQuip, a Florida-based implantable device management company, for devices at about 40 sites in California.
Atrium Surgery Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., owned by HCA, will close in July, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has opened a new ASC in Lebanon, N. H., according to a report in The Dartmouth.
Since 2008, Douglas Johnson has served as COO of RMC MedStone Capital, a Dallas company that acquires ASCs and small, surgery-based hospitals in partnership with physicians. A seasoned professional and administrator with more than 35 years of healthcare experience, Mr.…
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AmkaiSolutions has announced the launching of three new programs for its clients intended to provide transparency and efficient knowledge sharing.
Now that a 21.3 percent Medicare cut has been replaced by a 2.2 percent fee increase until Nov. 30, CMS is asking non-participating physicians to return to full participating status.
A joint venture orthopedic surgery center being developed by Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, also based in Raleigh, has proposed adding two procedure rooms to its original plans for the facility at the cost of $4.3 million, according…
The conversion factor under the new fee fix is $36.8729, effective retroactively to June 1 and expiring November 30, according to an e-mail from CMS.
Here are the median amounts of cash, net accounts receivable and working capital for surgery centers and their relative percentages of total assets, for ASCs with more than 50 percent of case volume in orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009…