The National Quality Forum and The Joint Commission announced the winners of the 2009 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, according to a Joint Commission news release.
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Wilson Asfora, MD, has no background in engineering, so when he invents a new surgical device, he draws what he wants and gives it to an engineer to work up.
Here are the average operating expenses per operating room for surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Michael Pankey is the administrator of the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg (S.C.). Here, he shares the best advice he has received throughout his career.
Rakesh Sahni, MD, of Rumson, N.J., Ravindra Patel, MD, of Scotch Plains, N.J., and Jasjit Walia, MD, of Edison, N.J., settled civil lawsuits by federal prosecutors, alleging that the physicians accepted kickbacks to refer cardiology patients to the University of…
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Three of the largest health systems in Maryland and a large retirement community operator have joined together to build a statewide health information exchange network, according to a report by the Baltimore Sun.
Stephanie Stinson is the administrative director of Strictly Pediatrics Surgery Center, an exclusive, pediatrics-only ASC located in Austin, Texas. Here, she discusses some of the qualities of a successful healthcare leader.
Spine Surgical Innovation has launched a new ad campaign that focuses on the rapid ability to customize the Swivel Port MIS Retractor System for the individual needs of spine OEM vendors, distributors and surgeons, according to an SSI news release.
CMS has basically upheld its previously stated rules on how hospitals and other providers can prevent recoupment of Medicare disputed payments during appeals of decisions by recovery audit contractors, according to a final rule published in the Federal Register.
Reading through the House Democrats' 1,017-page health reform legislation, Stephen S. Burkhart, MD, says he is uncomfortably reminded of the 1990s, when HMOs ruled the healthcare roost, pushing many practices into financial instability and restricting patients' access to orthopedic surgeons…