Increased use of global endometrial ablation (GEA) devices, uterine artery embolization (UAE) devices, hysteroscopes and endometrial resection devices for minimally invasive hysterectomy alternative procedures will drive large growth in the minimally invasive GYN market, according to Global Markets for Hysterectomy…
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New legislation introduced by Rep. Pete Stark, chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, would require the government to create standards for an interoperable Health IT system and would provide financial incentives through Medicare to physicians and hospitals…
From a regulatory and legal perspective, 2008 has been a year marked by increased scrutiny of physician ownership relationships in the healthcare area. In the surgery center area, the closest impacts in the regulatory and legislative area related to physician…
Sandra Bruce, MSHA, has been appointed President and CEO of Resurrection Health Care, Chicago. She succeeds Joseph F. Toomey, who is retiring after 16 years of service to Resurrection. She will begin her new position on Nov. 3.
The father of Tom Pliura, MD, JD, CEO of zChart, was a "very busy old-time general practitioner in Le Roy, Ill." The younger Dr. Pliura was recently going through some family files and found an income statement for his father's…
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Here are three ways your ASC can enhance is back-office business functions, from Tom Jacobs, the president and CEO of suburban Chicago-based MedHQ.
MedHQ, which operates a provides professional employer organization (PEO) for small healthcare businesses such as ASCs, recently strengthened its range of employee benefits offered to its client worksite employees under the PEO arrangement by contracting with Guardian Life Insurance Company…
Scott Becker was honored to speak at the annual Source Medical users meeting and the Texas Physician Hospital Advocacy Center.
Implantable Provider Group has announced that John S. Watts Jr., former president and CEO of WellPoint's Commercial and Consumer Business, will lead IPGs board of directors as executive chairman.
A traditional challenge facing ASCs — and hospitals as well, to a degree — is how to fairly allocate block time when not every physician is equally productive. Some physicians will always perform more cases than others.