Outpatient Surgery
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Can’t afford a new surgery center? Maybe your competitors can help you
Rather than having the expense of each opening an outpatient surgery center, three healthcare organization in Nashua, NH, created a joint-venture center. -
Where is the compassion for our patients?
Most facilities now have online registration. Great! I want to see that expanded. Some facilities outsource the patient assessment also. Even better! It allows the patient to respond to medical questions in the comfort of their homes where they do not feel rushed. That gives us more accurate information. -
Patch for SGR, delay of ICD-10 signed
President Obama has signed a one-year patch for the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula to postpone a 24% cut in Medicare payments to physicians that had been scheduled to take effect April 1, 2014, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA). -
O’Leary calls for more info on medical errors
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Mandatory reporting proposal is scaring risk managers
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Legal Community & Review-Failure to read MRI leads to $410,000 settlement
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Legal Community & Review-Misdiagnosis results in death, $1.1 million verdict
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Legal Community & Review-Cover-up of failed surgical repair: $16.8 million verdict
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Telemedicine networks may lead to fraud
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JCAHO data show surgical complications, causes