Low reimbursement, low volume, increasing physician employment, increasing regulatory requirements, increasing staff shortages, increasing market saturation: These are only a few of the issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers at the moment. While ASCs are still able to provide high-quality care…
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Five physician practices in New Jersey are partnering with a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey subsidiary on new payment methods for orthopedic procedures, according to an AIS Health report.
Rockford Orthopedic has received $378,000 from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services for appropriately employing meaningful use in the practice, according to a news release.
After several weeks of partisan debate between the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, both chambers finally approved a two-month extension of payroll tax breaks and the Medicare sustainable growth rate, according to a Politico report.
Here are five things your group should know before expanding your practice with a satellite location or merger with another local group.
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The Hand and Wrist Institute in Los Angeles now provides endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery, according to a practice news release.
Here are 15 benchmarking statistics about staff in ambulatory surgery centers, broken down by average (statistical mean) salary and wages, hours per case and number of full-time employees, from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. These figures come from the…
Seventy percent of physicians plan to work longer until retirement due to the economic downturn and depleted personal savings, according to the Jackson & Coker Retirement Survey.
For many within healthcare, the sustainable growth rate is like a mosquito on a hot, muggy summer day. It's clearly flying around, waiting to suck the blood of anyone who fails to pay attention, and the longer you wait to…
Patient-specific partial knee replacements can provide the same orthopedic benefits as traditional replacements while improving patient comfort and saving surgery centers money and time, according to Jong Lee, senior vice president of marketing and business strategy for ConforMIS.