On-site inservice presentations are an convenient way for staff in an ambulatory surgery center to keep up -to-date with clinical issues, says Francine Ramirez, RN, administrator of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute, a two-OR ASC in Lafayette, Colo.
Leadership & Management
Contrary to popular belief, results from a study show a one-hour reduction in the average emergency department boarding time could add millions of dollars per year in revenue for hospitals that implement active bed management strategies, according to an American…
Successful formulary system management can help ACOs achieve high quality, low cost objectives across the care continuum. This article targets healthcare leaders choosing to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (Sec. 3022, Affordable Care Act) and is geared towards…
Medical experts are disputing claims made by a Las Vegas hospital defending its frequent use of heart implants produced by a company to which its physicians had financial ties, according to a New York Times report. University Medical Center of…
Facing increase debate from Washington, D.C., and restrictions from healthcare reform, physician-owned hospitals are beginning to look like an endangered component of the healthcare industry. Statistics and physician advocates, however, continue to prove the value and significance of physician-owned hospitals,…
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has ruled against Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., finding it intentionally disregarded its own records in refusing to pay disability compensation to a nurse who injured her back while transferring a patient, according to…
Cook County (Ill.) Health and Hospital System CFO Michael Ayres says the financially-troubled system is having a difficult time filling patient billing jobs, according to a Chicago Sun-Times report. The staffing problem is one of several that could trigger a…
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System has entered into a clinical collaboration with Walgreens' Take Care Clinics' four locations in the New Orleans area, according to a Take Care Health System news release.
A draft audit issued by CMS has identified irregularities in how local New Mexico governments and eight hospitals in the state generated money used to obtain federal matching funds as part of CMS' Sole Community Provider fund program during 2009,…
The Franciscan Alliance, a multi-state Catholic health system based in, Mishawaka, Ind., has acquired the Surgical Hospital of Munster (Ind.) to serve as an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from the Munster Times.