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Regent Surgical Health, a nationally-recognized surgery center company with 17 facilities throughout the United States, is looking for a key executive to become part of the select few professionals devoted to the growth of the company. This is a high…

1. Determining qualifications/credentials What important qualifications are needed in reimbursement cycle employees? Based on the position, develop a checklist of what you look for in a coder, payment poster, etc.

Atlantic Eye Center in Cape May Court House, N.J., has been named the "Business of the Year" by the Middle Township Chamber of Commerce in the category of healthcare and senior services, according to the Cape May County Herald.

A bill introduced by New Jersey State Senator Nia Gill to criminalize the waiver of co-payments and deductibles by healthcare providers in the state failed to garner enough votes from the Senate Commerce Committee needed to move forward, according to…

Nikkie LaFleur of Lake Charles, La., was sentenced to 37 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to three counts of healthcare fraud in March, according to an Associated Press report on KLFY News.

Jamie S. Warnick, MD, a Decatur, Ill.-based pediatrician, has pleaded guilty to theft as part of a scheme to charge insurers for vaccines provided free of charge by the Illinois Department of Public Health, according to a report by the…

Intercare Health Systems, formerly doing business as Los Angeles' City of Angels Medical Center, has agreed to a $10 million consent judgment to resolve a civil lawsuit against Intercare by the United States and the state of California for a…

A recent policy analysis by the National Institute for Health Care Reform suggests that the $5 billion allocated to operate temporary high-risk pools for uninsured Americans with pre-existing conditions until 2014, when insurers will be required to provide coverage to…

Chris Zorn is vice president at Spine Surgical Innovation, global distributor of the Swivel Port MIS System.Q: How do see the U.S. approach to spine care influencing international medicine?

Ross Alexander, MBA, the administrator of The Surgery Center of Fort Collins (Colo.), a multi-specialty ASC owned and managed by a group of surgeons, Poudre Valley Health System and Surgical Care Affiliates, shares some ideas on how surgery centers can…