As many provider groups continue to call for another ICD-10 delay, or to abandon ICD-10 altogether, CMS has said the current deadline of Oct. 1, 2014 will stay intact, according to a letter (pdf) sent to AHIMA, a Chicago-based trade…
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The Advisory Board has been tracking which hospitals, health systems and payors have adopted commercial bundled payment strategies, and currently, there are more than 30 different agreements.
Hospitals added 8,900 jobs last month for a total of 4.83 million, according to preliminary seasonally adjusted figures (pdf) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, an improvement from the 3,100 worker dip they took between December and January.
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The Aleh Foundation has given Lee Tessler, MD, FAANS, FACS, executive director and co-surgical director of the Long Island Brain Tumor Center at Neurological Surgery, P.C. in New York, a community service award for excellence in medical care.
Center Valley, Pa.-based Aesculap Implant Systems' PL-AGE System is now available for commercial use.
Haralambos Demetriades, MD, board certified spine surgeon, has been recruited to the CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, N.J., in order to expand the center's orthopedic staff.
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center, in partnership with Summa Health System, has opened a new outpatient facility with six orthopedic surgeons in Hudson, Ohio, according to a Hudson Hub Times report.
James Andrews, MD, will perform ulnar collateral ligament surgery repair on St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Rafael Furcal, according to a report in the LA Times.