Several lawmakers in Nevada plan to introduce legislation which would require ASCs to be accredited or inspected by an organization other than the state’s Bureau of Licensure and Certification, according to published reports.
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Scott Becker recently spoke about new business challenges facing surgery centers with the Chicago Tribune’s Bruce Japsen on XM Radio’s ReachMD station. Scott was a featured participant in the station’s ongoing “Clinician’s Roundtable” series.
CMS has issued a proposed rule to update the inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS). Under this proposal, payment to hospitals is expected to increase by 3.3 percent on average.
The Associated Press (AP) reported that a federal judge has delayed a CMS pilot program intended to reduce the costs of Medicare lab tests after the judge determined that the program could threaten the quality of patient care. The program…
The first two weeks of April were busy with regard to Capitol Hill activity for physician-owned hospitals. While the American Hospital Association fly-in meeting was marking the destruction of the physician-hospital industry as one of its top priorities, four documents…
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The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) will tackle the development of a standardized perioperative electronic healthcare record, the organization announced at its recent annual meeting. The electronic standardized perioperative record (SPR) will integrate AORN's standardized nursing vocabulary and the…
Citing mounting financial losses and having exhausted all other options -- including giving the hospital away for free -- SSM Health Care recently announced that it will close St. Francis Hospital and Health Center, located in the Chicago suburb of…
CMS has informed DNV Healthcare that its application to deem hospitals in compliance with the Medicare Conditions of Participation has been accepted as complete and ready for formal review, according to a release from DNV Healthcare. CMS will also announce…
In a move touted as "improving quality of care and patient safety," Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed HB 1075, which lets ASCs form physician peer review committees, earlier this month. Peer review was previously only allowed by the state's hospitals.
Zimmer Holdings recently announced that it has uncovered problems with the quality systems at its Dover, Ohio, manufacturing facility, where Zimmer Orthopedic Surgical Products are produced. The company has issued a voluntary recall of such products and has temporarily suspended…