Jane Keller, RN, CEO of the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital in Indianapolis, has been in the healthcare field for more than 20 years, working first as a trained RN in the operating room and later specializing in orthopedics. Here, she discusses…
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Healthcare providers are seeing revenues drop due to decreased demand for less urgent or elective care, more patients unable to pay their medical bills, significant losses in investment income, less charitable giving and cuts in state and federal health care…
The Obama administration and Congress appear to be "convinced" that orthopedic surgeons and other specialists are overpaid and drive up the cost of healthcare without improving outcomes, according to a blog by Jeffrey Binder, the CEO of Biomet.
Tom Yerden, CEO of TRY Health Care Solutions, discusses six trends currently affecting the ASC marketplace.
Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by facility type and location, according to…
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Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by procedure category, according to the National…
This advisory opinion relates to the start up of two simultaneous ASCs, one by a surgeon owned LLC and one by a hospital. The plan, as indicated in the advisory opinion, is to merge the two ASCs as they become…
This letter highlights three developments which demonstrate how quickly the world of surgery centers is changing. The letter also provides information about the 16th Annual Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference to be held Oct. 8-10, in Chicago.…
Charles Bush-Joseph, MD (Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago). Dr. Bush-Joseph is an arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, located in Chicago, where he is one of the busiest hip arthroscopic surgeons in Illinois. He is…
A survey by the Joint Commission predicts that most U.S. hospitals will be smoke-free throughout their campuses by the end of 2009, according to release by the Joint Commission.