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.
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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…
After all these years, physician-driven surgery centers still have to battle to survive in the healthcare marketplace. Currently, there are two key issues ASCs have to be concerned about, says Robert Carrera, the President of Pinnacle III, a provider of…
A story from Forbes reports that the American Hospital Association (AHA) ranks as the 41st largest organizational political donor, according to the Washington research group Center for Responsive Politics.
Physicians can continue to markup and get paid for the professional or technical component of anatomic pathology diagnostic testing services they order but do not perform after a federal judge ordered a temporary injunction blocking a CMS provision that would…
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In an effort to enhance the ability of ASCs to report healthcare outcomes and processes in a standardized manner, the National Quality Forum has endorsed five quality measures for ASCs developed by the ASC Quality Collaboration. The five facility-level ASC…
A bill that makes Georgia's certificate of need process less cumbersome and redefines general surgery as a "single specialty" was signed by the governor April 9. The law takes effect July 1.
The federal government is joining a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed against Ohio facilities The Christ Hospital, The Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati and The Ohio Heart and Vascular Center, which are accused of defrauding federal health care programs by providing…
ASCs continue to face challenges, yet appear to see promise, in the adoption of electronic documentation. According to an independent national survey of ASC administrators, 82 percent of ASCs do not use an electronic health record (EHR), 85 percent use…
Further strengthening its healthcare portfolio, Novartis will acquire a 25 percent stake in Alcon from Nestle with the right to take over majority ownership of the world leader in ophthalmic surgical supplies and equipment, the companies announced April 7.