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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.

NovaMed announced its third quarter results, with highlights including a 23 percent increase in net income from continuing operations and 10 percent increase in total net revenue.

With an environment where staff members are encouraged to share their thoughts and insights about the work of their ASC, Wilmington (N.C.) SurgCare has thrived for 16 years and become one of the finest Symbion facilities.

Here are the top 10 U.S. hospitals by gross revenue (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred million), according to the American Hospital Directory.

The staff members at Ramapo Valley Surgical Center (RVSC) in Ramsey, N.J., like to say that their physicians can “set their watches to RVSC.” This motto demonstrates a commitment by the staff to ensuring that cases remain on schedule and…