DCS Healthcare, the Medicare recovery audit contractor for hospitals and other providers in the Northeast, has released its first CMS-approved issues for audits, according to DCS Healthcare's Web site.
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has announced the opening of the Surgery Center of Michigan in Clinton, Mich., according to an ASCOA release.
Here are the average salaries of medical coders in 2008 by region of the United States, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.
The burgeoning ASC community has a new organization to represent its interests in Washington. The ASC Advocacy Committee, launched in August, is sponsored by the ASC Association and by the ASC Coalition, an affiliation of ASC associations and companies. The…
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) stated to fix Medicare's current physician payment formula, which project steep payment cuts and may limit seniors' access to care, according to a news release from the American Medical Association.
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Amerinet, a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced several new agreements, including one with B. E. Smith for executive leadership solutions, according to an Amerinet news release.
OrthoIndy and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital broke ground on a new $22 million facility, OrthoIndy/IOH South, which will provide "five-star orthopedic care" to residents on the south side of Indianapolis, according to an OrthoIndy news release on Inside Indiana Business.
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has announced its 2009 Davies Award recipients for excellence in the use of health information technology, according to a HIMSS news release.
SourceMedical, a leading provider of outpatient information solutions and services for ASCs, surgical hospitals and rehabilitation clinics nationwide, has announced the launch of its Vision for Specialty Hospitals software, according to a SourceMedical news release.
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to officials at the University of Minnesota, questioning statements made by David Polly, MD, a spine surgeon at the university, regarding his 2006 research using Medtronic's Infuse, a bone growth product, according to…