Hospitals considering business process outsourcers should find a company that focuses solely on healthcare for the best results, according to a National Patient Account Services report by Curtis Warfield titled Increasing Cash Collections Through Business Process Outsourcing.
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TeamHealth recently partnered with the Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Regional Medical Center and the physicians of North River Emergency Physicians to provide emergency department services for the hospital, according to a company news release.
Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has collaborated with Camillo Ricordi, MD, scientific director and chief academy officer of the University of Miami Diabetes Research Institute, to test a new treatment for diabetes, according to a Record report.
Adding Spine Surgery to an existing ambulatory surgery center is not an easy task, says Jay Rom, president of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners in Cincinnati.
With case volume, supply costs and staffing expenses driving ASC financial success, the size of an ambulatory surgery center can have a direct impact on its revenue, expenses and bottom line. Here are 5 ways an ambulatory surgery center's size…
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Using an automated event-based resource to detect OR management inefficiencies can aid future decision-making and improve OR utilization, according to a study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
Dr. Timothy Dowd, managing partner and chairman of North American Partners in Anesthesia, is scheduled to present at the 2011 Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting taking place in May in Chicago.
Rob Goldstein, MD, chief medical officer for Somnia, discusses the role of anesthesia in an ACO and the benefit of involving anesthesia providers in transparency initiatives.
It may seem that every ambulatory surgery center is joining up with a hospital or corporate partner, but in reality, many freestanding ASCs still stand by the old ways of doing business. Standalone facilities can prosper in the current environment…
Marge Schillaci, administrator of the Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.), has spent the last two years working with surgeon-investors, hospital administration and legal representation to transition her center to hospital ownership with Provena St. Joseph Medical Center. Here she discusses…