The House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee approved a bill July 23 that aims to encourage nationwide adoption of electronic health records. The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee subsequently met July 24 to discuss proposed revisions to the…
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The Business Courier of Cincinnati reports on the growing influence of outpatient surgery on the city’s healthcare and the ongoing competition for procedures between hospitals and ASCs.
Erdman has revealed the company's new name and logo at the New York Stock Exchange.
It is well known that increasing numbers of spine surgeries are handled on an outpatient basis. Overall, outpatient spine surgical rates are in the 10 to 15 percent range, but, in some parts of the country, outpatient spine treatments are…
The Office of the Inspector General recently issued Advisory Opinion 08-08. This Advisory Opinion deals with a physician/hospital joint-venture surgery center. Here, the Advisory Opinion was requested because certain physicians who invested in the joint-venture were themselves not ?safe harbor?…
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For the seventh consecutive year, SourceMedical Solutions has earned a spot on the prestigious Healthcare Informatics list of Top 100 healthcare information technology companies. The company ranked 59th, three positions higher than in 2007.
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A Missouri appeals court is sending an antitrust case against some of the state’s largest health insurers, brought by thousands of doctors, to arbitration, according to The Kansas City Star.
Fairview Health Services in Minnesota and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota are less than a month away from their current contract expiring, which could leave one of the state’s top hospital clinic groups out-of-network with the state’s largest health…
Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati will soon become a joint venture with physicians in a restructuring that participants in the partnership hope will appeal to doctors and help bring a financial turnaround for the struggling hospital, according to the Business Courier…