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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a memo directing Medicare certification surveyors to confirm that ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are not performing non-ASC list procedures on Medicare beneficiaries, but we think CMS is totally incorrect, says Kathy Bryant, executive vice president of the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA) in Alexandria, VA. Bryant updated ASCs on Medicare issues at the recent annual FASA meeting.
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The Quincy, MA-based National Fire Protection Association has approved a tentative interim amendment to the 2000 and 2003 Life Safety Code to allow health care facilities to install alcohol-based hand sanitizer dispensers in corridors and other public areas.
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In this first part of a two-part series on cost savings in ambulatory surgery, we discuss how to save money in administrative support, benefits, salaries, and services. In next months issue, well discuss telecommunications and occupancy costs
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Finding root causes without blame helps eliminate errors
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For those who doubt that a large AIDS service organization (ASO) can succeed financially without big private or government grants, Housing Works is an example of how it can be done.
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Many AIDS service organizations (ASOs) and tax-funded HIV/AIDS prevention programs have struggled in recent years with budget cutbacks, new grant and oversight requirements, and program censorship either overt or subtle.
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Antiretroviral drugs from four developing countries have been found to meet United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) standards for the active drug amount listed on the label, according to a study in the May 1 Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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There is little good news about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexual risk-taking behavior in the United States, and this continues to worry public health officials and HIV researchers. Syphilis infection rates continue to increase in the United States for the third straight year, particularly among men who have sex with men (MSM). Other data show STD rates are high especially among MSM who use illegal drugs, such as crystal methamphetamine, and are even higher among MSM who combine crystal meth with sildenafil citrate (Viagra).
