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Zimmer’s ongoing efforts to resolve compliance challenges relating to its orthopedic division have resulted in a disruption of the manufacturer’s work with physician consultants, thus attributing to the company’s disappointing sales, according to David Dvorak, Zimmer president and CEO, in…

The November issue of Becker’s ASC Review includes coverage of women leaders, information technology and turnaround facilities. It also features stories discussing gastroenterology and otolaryngology (ENT), billing and collections and insight from Kathy Bryant, president of the ASC Association.

Here, John Cherf, MD, MPH, MBA, one of the nation's leading orthopedic surgeons, discusses his thoughts on purchasing orthopedic and spine devices and equipment in four areas.

The Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule updates payment policies and rates for drugs, biologicals, and radiopharmaceuticals furnished in HOPDs.

In addition to a payment update and four new quality measures, CMS is changing how it pays for imaging services when two or more imaging procedures from an imaging family are provided in one session to encourage greater imaging efficiency.…

CMS's final Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS/ASC) rule also includes a projected 3.9 percent annual inflation update for HOPDs; and adopts changes to payment policies for HOPDs and ASCs beginning Jan. 1. The agency also announced…

PENTAX Medical Co., a developer of medical products and services, introduced the EPK-i Video Endoscopic System and i-Flex scopes for U.S. physicians specializing in gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery in May 2007.

CMS has issued the final Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System (OPPS/ASC) rule, which establishes new conditions for coverage for ASCs that "reflect current ASC practice by focusing on the care provided to patients and the impact of…

CMS has announced a 1.1 percent increase for physician payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for calendar year 2009. Physicians have a chance to earn up to a 5.1 percent pay boost next year for adoption…

GE Healthcare has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Vital Signs, a provider of medical products in areas such as anesthesia, respiratory, sleep therapy and emergency medicine.