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Clinical Care
No Plateau in Sight for Ambulatory Surgery Center GrowthAn orthopedic ambulatory surgery center executive says an easing in the upward trajectory of ASC growth is unlikely.
Technology
New Technology Helps Improve Breast SurgeriesHospitals can now use magnetic technology to improve the accuracy and speed of the procedures.
Supply Chain
He Donated His Kidney and Received a $13,064 Bill in ReturnLiving organ donors are never supposed to be billed for transplant-related care. NorthStar Anesthesia charged one donor over $13,000 and...
Telehealth
Telemedicine Use Grows Among Black Patients, But Barriers RemainWhite patients were majority users of video telehealth during the first months of the pandemic, but Black patients were 50%...
Strategy
Congress Cites KHN Investigation in Probe of National AcademiesThe House probe focuses on conflicts of interest held by members of a committee currently reviewing U.S. organ donation and...
Clinical Care
Augmented Reality System Boosts Performance in Spine SurgeryA Florida-based spine surgeon has patented an augmented reality system that allows surgeons to display operating room screens on glasses.
Payer
CMA Blasts Aetna "Pre-certified" Mandate for Cataract Surgeries California docs say the latest mandate is part of an ongoing and "common practice for health insurance companies to create...
Marketing
Surgeons Cash In on Stakes in Private Medical Device CompaniesHundreds of orthopedists and neurosurgeons have cashed in on stakes in companies that design, manufacture or distribute orthopedic implants ?...
Strategy
Ascension Michigan to Pay $2.8M to Settle False Claims AllegationsFour Michigan hospitals were named in the suit, which stems from the questionable practices of one gynecologic oncologist.
Clinical Care
Thousands of Patients Were Implanted With Heart Pumps That the FDA Knew Could Be DangerousInspectors repeatedly found manufacturing and device quality problems with the HeartWare heart pump. But the FDA did not penalize the...
Clinical Care
12,000 Square Miles Without Obstetrics? It's a Possibility in West TexasSome pregnant women already travel an hour and a half or longer to reach the 25-bed Big Bend Regional in...