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Adding an ancillary service such as physical therapy, imaging or ultrasound services to your medical practice may seem like an easy opportunity to capture revenue you are giving away in referrals to providers outside of your organization. While an ancillary…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has announced a new president and other officers for 2008-2009, elected at the April AAAHC board of directors meeting in Chicago.
In the first quarter alone, the lobbying group for for-profit hospital chains spent $630,000 on its efforts, reports Forbes. The Federation of American Hospitals lobbied Congress, the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services on a range…
McGuireWoods has announced the addition of three new private equity practice partners in Chicago.
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If approved by the FDA, fospropofol disodium injection should only be administered by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia and not involved in the conduct of the surgical/diagnostic procedure, says Stanford Plavin, MD, an anesthesiologist, managing partner of…
Physician compensation climbed 3.5 percent overall, and orthopedic surgery was the biggest winner among specialties that regularly practice in ASCs with a 6.6 percent compensation increase between the 2006 and 2007 editions of the American Medical Group Association's annual Medical…
During recent earnings conference calls, HCA and LifePoint Hospitals have expressed an interest in pursuing new acquisitions, a deviation from recent trends which saw chains absorbing past acquisitions and selling off locations, according to Tennessean.com.
The Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC) to “correct the wrongs” of its physician ranking program, according to a statement from the MMS.
A new campaign initiated by the New Hampshire Commission on Healthcare Quality Assurance aims to achieve 100 percent compliance with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for hand hygiene.