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Researchers Investigate Possible Connection Between Anesthesia, Urine Retention
The compelling findings from a recent study may mean surgery centers could avoid using certain anesthesia agents that contribute to urinary retention.
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Presurgery Checklist Keeps Process Consistent
A simple, one-page, presurgery checklist can help a surgery center improve consistency, safety, and patient care and well-being.
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Creating ASC Space for Pediatric Procedures Requires Flexibility
By creating spaces for pediatric procedures, surgery centers can help their communities and give families an affordable alternative to hospital inpatient procedures.
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Rapid Recovery Protocol Shows Positive Results Among ASC Cases
The protocol included mobilizing patients quickly and offering them a hospitality experience during their ambulatory surgery center stay.
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When Creating Bundled Payment Plan, Know Costs, Make Deals
One way to find the right price is to compare rates to published market prices other surgery centers use.
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Surgery Centers Dive Into Bundled Payment Models
In one way, ambulatory surgery centers are perfectly positioned to attract savvy consumers, based on their quality, price, and convenience. But it is not that simple.
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Cutting Corners in the ASC
What do you do when witnessing someone cutting corners? Speak up. The compromise in quality or safety often begins at the top. Once that top-down culture permeates a facility, it is only a matter of time before the entire program is infected and something disastrous happens.
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Medicare Surveyors Catch Same Mistakes, Now Issue Harsher Penalties
The types of citations have stayed the same, but the repercussions are more severe. CMS survey trends show the same pattern of mistakes caught by federal surveyors. In response, a new trend has emerged: harsher citations.
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Study Raises Questions About Reimbursement Metrics for DRG-Based Bundled Payments
Researchers examined reimbursement in bundled payment programs in spine surgery and found that providers are reimbursed the same amount for lumbar fusions regardless of several factors that could affect use and costs.