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Televisions are standard equipment in recovery areas to help patients and their family members pass time and reduce anxiety.
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Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) still will be paid generally 65% of the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment in 2008, as was proposed in August, but the actual payment rates will vary from the ones proposed because the relative weights used are different than those proposed, according to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA).
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The growth rate of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) in the United States is exceeding that of hospitals and is expected to keep climbing, according to a report from the Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA) in Alexandria, VA.
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Extra help in reducing surgical site infections (SSIs) can come from an unlikely source: a pain management pump.
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Failed relationships, evenings better forgotten, and a desire to go against society norms are just a few of memories evoked by tattoos that a growing number choose to remove.
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Last month I wrote about my annoyances in the surgical environment, and I obviously touched a nerve for many of you.
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In a final payment rule for hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) predicts that HOPD payment would increase by 3.8%, considering market basket update and other factors.
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The 2008 payment system from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) gives ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) additional payments for radiology, devices, and drugs or biologics used in procedures, according to the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association (FASA).
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A 27-year-old former college football player came in for an elective procedure to relieve hip pain. According to media reports, he hoped the surgery would clear a path for him to audition for a professional football team.
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Although blunt suture needles are rare in the operating room, other safer practices have begun to take hold.