New CMS proposed rules will measure healthcare quality and performance of Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program, similar to that of the five-star ranking that is already in place for Medicare.
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This issue of Becker’s ASC Review includes expertise from ambulatory surgery center owners, operators and industry leaders. The issue focuses on the key financial issues and transactions in the ASC industry today, as well as two key lists: 190 Gastroenterologists…
On the Cover 5 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 20155 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 2015Based on his experience at Regent Surgical Health — which has seen tremendous growth in hospital joint venture surgery…
A man died yesterday of the rare disease Lassa fever after returning from Liberia to the United States, according to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention statement.
Hospitals are using new strategies to monitor patients at all hours, and are looking for dangerous signs of decomposition in patients.
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A survey of 265 nurses and physicians from the United Kingdom and United States found that they feel "professional and personal disruption after an error," according to a recent study in the Journal of Patient Safety.
The California Department of Public Health fined 12 hospitals after they found issues that caused or could cause serious harm to patients, according to a DPH statement.
March, April 2015 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On the Cover 5 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 20155 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 2015Based on his experience at Regent Surgical Health — which has…
Whether your surgery center is a joint venture, has been recently acquired, or is independently operated, one thing all ASCs have in common is hazard control and prevention protocol.
Following a recent U.S. News & World Report finding that small-volume hospitals pose a greater risk to patients, Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, along with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and the University of Michigan, is trying to establish "minimum-volume…