Regent Surgical Health, a leading developer of surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals, has announced that Michael Orseno has joined Regent's executive team as revenue cycle director, according to a Regent news release.
Uncategorized
An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.
Richard Preske, MD, an ophthalmologist in Mount Airy, N.C., donated his Northwest Eye Surgery Center in Mount Airy to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a report by the Winston-Salem Journal.
Brian Mathis, vice president of strategy at Surgical Care Affiliates in Birmingham, Ala., discusses surgical specialties with the highest profitability in ASCs and how to achieve profitability.
KLAS, an independent healthcare vendor research firm, has ranked 3M Health Information Systems as the second highest-performing healthcare software vendor in its 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS: Software & Professional Services report, according to a 3M news release.
Advertisement
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program — HFAP is one of only three national voluntary accreditation programs authorized by CMS to survey hospitals for compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Coverage. HFAP has been accrediting healthcare facilities across the country…
1. Increasing government oversight. David Kwiat, MD, an ophthalmologist and part-owner of Fulton County Ambulatory Surgery Center in Johnstown, N.Y., predicts that ASCs will be additionally pressed for resources due to additional governmental control and oversight coupled with decreasing reimbursements.…
If health reforms are not enacted, there will be higher numbers of uninsured, an erosion of employer-sponsored coverage, increased spending on public programs and big increases in out-of-pocket insurance costs, according to a report by the Urban Institute.
Surgical Care Affiliates has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Lakeside Surgery Center in Glendale, Calif., according to an SCA press release.
Responding to President Obama's challenge to Republicans, "If you have a better idea, show it to me," Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and John Goodman, president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis came up with 10 of…