The HHS Office of Inspector General has issued its Work Plan that describes kinds of healthcare activities it will be scrutinize and possibly investigate and prosecute in fiscal year 2010, according to a release by the Office of the HHS…
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With the Senate Finance Committee expected to vote on its health reform bill as early as Tuesday, medical devicemakers are asking for a reduction in fees on medical devices in the bill from $40 billion to $15 billion over the…
Here are the average operating expenses for surgery centers by the total number of cases an ASC performs annually, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
David Posch, CEO of American Surgical Centers, was recently named to Crain's Detroit Business' list of Forty Under Forty, which highlights rising stars in the Detroit business community.
Physicians at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., have raised concerns about a proposed change to the University's conflict-of-interest rules that would allow physicians to make presentations for medical device manufacturers, but still ban physicians from giving speeches for…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield has notified physicians and other healthcare providers that data, including Social Security numbers, may have been compromised when a laptop containing the information was stolen in August from an employee at BCBS Association's headquarters in Chicago,…
Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.
Massachusetts healthcare providers are actively opposing plans to end fee-for-service payment systems in the state and move to reimburse for episodes of care, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Here is a list of 10 ASCs across the country performing more than 10,000 procedures annually.
A new study finds that patients needing a second anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction were likely to be women, younger or those using less experienced surgeons, according to a release by the Hospital for Special Surgery.