Wayne (N.J.) Surgical Center (represented by Lampf, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow), together with a coalition of other New Jersey ASCs (represented by Brach Eichler LLC), has sued the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. They argue that riders to…
A recent study by an orthopedic spine surgeon with Peninsula Orthopaedic Associates and Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., found while many patients believe surgeons select surgical implants based on preference, most said they trusted their surgeons would choose…
NovaMed, a healthcare services company and one of the nation's leading owners and operators of ASCs, is seeking a corporate Director of Clinical Services based out of its Roswell, Ga., office. As the Director of Clinical Services, you will work…
The West Tennessee Surgery Center, which recently opened on the campus of 660-bed Jackson-Madison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn., is a 10-OR HOPD that replaces a 20-year-old facility.
Laptops are awesome productivity tools. The continued increase in horsepower and features, along with lighter weight, brighter screens and longer battery life, caused laptop sales to actually outpace desktop sales in late 2008, according to laptoplogic.com.
1. The current healthcare bill in its overall objective is very similar to the Massachusetts plan and effort.
The number of licensed registered nurses in the United States grew by 5.3 percent from 2004-2008 to a record 3.06 million, but almost half of RNs are over age 50, according to a release by the Health Resources and Services…
The House of Representatives passed legislation HR 4851, according to a summary by the House Ways & Means Committee.
Bridgewater, N.J.-based Alpharma Inc. has agreed to pay $42.5 million to the U.S. government and certain states to settle allegations that it provided kickbacks to physicians in order entice the physicians to write prescriptions for the painkiller Kadian, both for…
A study into physician cost profiling, commonly used to decide which physicians are included in health plan networks, found that around 25 percent of physicians would be misclassified under systems currently used by plans to encourage patients to receive care…