Benjamin Stein, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and co-founder and chairman of Bethesda, Md.-based Capital Surgical Solutions, told ...
A Naples, Fla., allergist and immunologist has been named in a federal civil complaint alleging he falsified patient diagnoses to obtain Medicare coverage for immune globulin treatments, the Justice ...
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology raised concerns about federal student loan limits affecting CRNAs and other advanced nursing degrees. The rule defines “professional students” as those ...
Edison, N.J.-based Redefine Healthcare performed the world’s first robotic-assisted spine surgery in an ASC using the eCential Robotics platform. Neurosurgeon David Wells-Roth, MD, completed the ...
Janet Carlson, RN, spent years watching surgeons struggle, not with patient care, but with everything around it. “I saw ...
Nearly 300 ASCs were included on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list for colonoscopy and endoscopy, with more than 40 in the Midwest. The ratings evaluated 17 types of ...
Baptist Health Fort Smith (Ark.) plans to close its cardiology clinic and end related services as part of a broader restructuring effort, according to an April 29 report by CBS affiliate KSFM-5News.
VisionMed has appointed Tony Burns as strategic advisor for ambulatory and office-based surgery. According to a May 1 news ...
A physician in Newark, Del., has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to fraudulent genetic testing. Between April and November 2019, Shayasta Mufti, MD, ordered ...
The work relative value unit model was designed to standardize how physician labor gets measured and paid. Decades later, the data suggests it has struggled to keep pace with the realities of modern ...
In an updated analysis of a 2020 report, “Reducing Medicare Costs by Migrating Volume from Hospital Outpatient Departments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association ...
From six-figure mortgages to medical school loans they’re still paying off years into their careers, physicians carry a ...