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11 device, medication recalls for ASC leaders to know
Here are 11 important device and medication recalls since March 23 for health leaders to know:
Top 10 most expensive hospitals to get a colonoscopy
Cleveland, Texas-based Texas Emergency Hospital is the most expensive hospital to receive a colonoscopy, according to information from data analytics company Hospital Pricing Specialists.
The day to day of an anesthesiologist: 5 numbers to know
Here are five statistics that offer insight into the work life of an anesthesiologist, using data from Medscape’s “Anesthesiologist Compensation Report 2023.”
'PA stands for patient advocate': PA leaders on undoing the harm of race-based medicine
Howard Straker, PA-C, EdD, Susan LeLacheur, DrPH, PA-C, faculty members in the department of physician assistant studies at Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University, and Kara Caruthers, PA-C, associate professor at Nashville, Tenn.-based Meh…
Beacon, OSMC opens $15.1M orthopedic surgery center
Beacon Health System in South Bend, Ind. and Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center in Elkhart, Ind. opened The Surgery Center of Granger (Ind.), according to a May 25 news release from the health system.
ASC Administrator of the Week: Dr. Melissa Hermanson
Melissa Hermanson, DNP, RN, administrator of Vineland, N.J.-based Ambulatory Care Center, is Becker’s ASC Administrator of the Week.
Northwell Health to occupy 16K-square-foot ASC at Walmart-anchored shopping center
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health is set to fill three open spaces at a Yaphank, N.Y., strip mall anchored by a 198,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter, according to a May 25 report from The Real Deal.
The 'gold rush' of outpatient cardiology
Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, spoke with Becker’s about ASC companies’ biggest growth focus and why cardiology is so important for ASCs.
Do anesthesiologists plan to drop Medicaid, Medicare patients?
Most anesthesiologists will continue to take Medicare and Medicaid patients, according to Medscape’s 2023 Anesthesiologist Compensation Report released May 24.
CMS updates Stark Law, payment models: 4 notes
CMS’ 2024 Inpatient Prospective Payment System would require physician-owned hospitals to satisfy all Stark Law hospital exceptions or rural provider exceptions to qualify for services referred by the physician owner or investor, Lexology reported May …
