Washington, D.C.’s Howard University Hospital has announced a potential disclosure of protected health information, including Social Security numbers, for 34,503 patients.
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CMS has announced data totals from February 2012 on payments and participation for eligible hospitals, eligible professionals and critical access hospitals under the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs.
North American Spine Society has supported the reclassification petition by the Orthopedic Surgical Manufacturers' Association to classify the pedicle and lateral mass screws for surgical spine use.
Here are 16 new statistics on orthopedic case revenue, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.
An effective direct-to-patient marketing strategy stems from an understanding of three key factors: a surgery center's strengths, the surrounding patient market, and the tools a center can use to market to them, according to Scott Christiansen, CEO of CORE Medical…
Surgery center administrators are relying on today's medical residents to provide the next generation of ASC investors, as older physicians retire and give up their shares in surgery centers. Here are 10 statistics from Merritt Hawkins' 2011 Survey of Final…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has issued the results of a study (pdf) showing the time from submission of 510(k)s to final decision from FDA has "increased substantially in recent years."
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has recognized 18 endoscopy units for following the society's guidelines on privileging, quality assurance, endoscope reprocessing and infection control, according to an ASGE news release.
A surgery center is included in a new Hyannis, Mass., outpatient medical complex, according to a Barnstable Patriot report.
Here are five surgery center leaders on the best ways to keep supply costs down.