Amkai has announced that it was awarded contracts by 20 facilities during June to provide them with the company's AmkaiOffice management system. These successes follow the major launch of AmkaiOffice 2.0 at the recent ASC Association convention in San Antonio.…
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U.S. News & World Report has published its annual list of "America's Best Hospitals."
Executives at Blue Cross and Highmark, which have a proposed merger that would make them the largest insurer in Pennsylvania, faced questioning during a hearing concerning negotiating tactics and leverage if the merger is approved, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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An anesthesiology practice in Bloomington, Ill. is suing a former physician member of the practice for breach of a non-compete clause after the doctor agreed to provide anesthesiology services for a new surgery center, according to Pantagraph.com.
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CMS has proposed two alternatives to revise its anti-markup rule as part of its proposed 2009 changes to payment policies and rates under the Medicare physician fee schedule.
A man's challenge of a certificate of need issued by the Alaska Department of Health for an open-bore MRI facility cannot stand, because the individual is not "substantially affected" by the issuance, the Supreme Court of Alaska has ruled.
An employment contract's non-compete clause did not unreasonably restrict a physician's practice, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled. The non-competition agreement in the contract between a physician group and a physician placed restrictions on where the physician could practice…
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DATE: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 To ensure sustainable, long-term financial success, ASCs must learn how to conduct effective case costing and benchmarking. Join Ann Geier, RN, MS, CNOR, CASC, vice president of operations for Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America (ASCOA)…