Here is the average time spent in the operating room for a number of spine procedures performed in the ASC setting, according to a study completed by Kenneth Pettine, MD. The study analyzed data from 1,030 spine cases performed at…
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Officials from the American Medical Association are raising their concerns over some aspects of the current healthcare reform legislation circulating through Congress, which they say may interfere with a physician's relationship with his or her patients, according to a report…
Lakewalk Surgery Center in Duluth, Minn., recently hosted an open house for state and local leaders, representatives of insurers and employers looking to reduce healthcare costs, according to a Lakewalk news release.
A recent study by the Medical Group Management Association, entitled "Medical practice today: What members have to say," found that finances and electronic health records are the top challenges for medical practices in 2009, according an MGMA news release.
Here are 11 statistics on the total annual operating expenses of surgery centers, according to the VMG Health 2009 Intellimarker.
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Editor's note: The following is a letter written by Herbert Riemenschneider, MD, urologist and founder of Knightsbridge Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, to David Brooks, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, regarding an article titled "The Town Hall Mob"…
The University of South Florida in Tampa has announced the opening of a $4 million surgery center that will be used to teach physicians how to perform robotic-assisted surgery, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
The healthcare sector added around 20,000 jobs in July, in line with the average month gain seen in the first half of 2009, according to a news release from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.