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When most healthcare providers refer to patient-reported outcomes, they think of patient satisfaction scores and reports of complications following surgery. However, these two metrics alone may not be enough for healthcare providers as they face challenges set up by the…

Alice Coombs, MD, of Sharon, Mass., an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at South Shore Hospital, has been named as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a report in The Boston Herald.

The American Medical Association and a separate coalition of 11 medical societies have thrown their support behind the Healthcare Truth and Transparency Act of 2010, introduced by Representatives John Sullivan (R-Okla.) and David Scott (D-Ga.).

Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria found that single-use paraffin earplugs were successful in reducing intraoperative awareness recall in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, according to an article in Minerva Anesthesiologica.

New provisions to crack down on fraud could help the federal government surpass the $2.9 billion in Medicare and Medicaid overpayments recovered last year, a 29 percent increase from the year before, according to a release from HHS.

Some Congressional leaders' hopes of finally passing a five-year Medicare physician fee fix could be dashed once again this month, as lawmakers prepare to avert a 21.3 percent fee cut on June 1, according to a report by The Hill.…

The spine service line can be a profitable one for outpatient surgery centers and their partners; however, favorable contracts with implant vendors are key to ensuring spine benefits a center's bottom line. Every additional dollar that is spent on implants…

Minimally invasive spine procedures involving the use of facet fixation products are expected to grow faster than other sectors of the spine surgery market over the next five years, according to US Markets for Minimally Invasive Spine Technologies 2008. The…

Q: Has access to financing/capital improved over recent months for ASC start-ups or are groups still struggling? Kyle Goldammer: In our opinion, groups are still struggling with financing. Although financing is available, the down payment required for large projects has…

William S. Burke, a former executive of South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for stealing $222,000 from the hospital, according to a report in The Boston Globe.