Citing the slumping economy, Caritas Christi Health Care and Ascension Health of St. Louis have put on hold a $100 million financing deal, according to the Boston Globe.
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This article briefly highlights five companies to watch that are active in ASC management and development. See the complete list of management and development companies to watch for 2009 in the January issue of Becker's ASC Review. Note: This list…
As surgery centers and surgeons struggle with a Medicare payment system which reimburses at rates that are often barely high enough to break even on procedures, let alone make a profit, it is easy to overlook how reimbursement declines, along…
Read about today's featured advertisers in the Becker's ASC E-Weekly.
During fiscal 2007, the federal government won or negotiated approximately $1.8 billion in judgments and settlements in healthcare fraud cases and proceedings, according to the annual report of the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC).
Larry Taylor, president and CEO of Practice Partners in Healthcare, an Alabama-based corporation dedicated to the provision of management and operational services to ASCs in the United States, shares his observations of three trends he sees as developing in the…
Cleveland Clinic has made the business relationships of its physicians visible online as part of its commitment to transparency.
A focus on providing personalized care and identifying opportunities to connect with and give back to the community are just a few of the reasons staff members at Northeast Surgical Care (NESC) in Newington, N.H., think the ASC is a…
CMS has proposed today three national coverage determinations (NCDs) to establish uniform national policies that would prevent Medicare from paying for certain serious, preventable errors, or "never events," identified in the National Quality Forum's (NQF's) list of Serious Reportable Events:…
Rob Carrera, president of Pinnacle III, which offers operational development, management, select management and billing for ASCs and other healthcare facilities, discusses three trends he sees for surgery centers as we head into 2009.
