Due to a software problem, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is requesting that the public resubmit comments made on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System/Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System, originally submitted through www.regulations.gov, according to a CMS news…
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David Polly, MD, a University of Minnesota orthopedic surgeon, has resigned from the board of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons following controversy regarding his more than $1 million in consulting fees from Medtronic, according to a report in the…
Healthcare providers are seeing revenues drop due to decreased demand for less urgent or elective care, more patients unable to pay their medical bills, significant losses in investment income, less charitable giving and cuts in state and federal health care…
The Obama administration and Congress appear to be "convinced" that orthopedic surgeons and other specialists are overpaid and drive up the cost of healthcare without improving outcomes, according to a blog by Jeffrey Binder, the CEO of Biomet.
OrthoPediatrics, based in Warsaw, Ind., has received $2 million from the State of Indiana to commercialize its Quiet Cast Removal System, according to a release from OrthoPediatrics.
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Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by facility type and location, according to…
Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by procedure category, according to the National…
The Medical Group Management Association has released a free white paper titled "Meeting the Challenge of Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Care Setting," which analyzes the evolution of patient safety and discusses management issues related to providing quality care in…
This advisory opinion relates to the start up of two simultaneous ASCs, one by a surgeon owned LLC and one by a hospital. The plan, as indicated in the advisory opinion, is to merge the two ASCs as they become…
Here are 15 hip surgeons and specialists to know.