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Unnecessary heart surgeries increase with facility supply
More hospitals are developing heart surgery centers, but new research suggests more catheterization labs lead to more performed heart surgeries, especially when they're not necessary. The supply of
When doctors own facility, more patients undergo surgery
With specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers becoming more common, legislators at all levels need to be wary when such facilities are physician owned, according to Dr. Jean Mitchell of
Pa. hospitals say ambulatory centers undercut finances
Across the country, battles continue to play out between hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. Hospitals say the playing field just isn't level--that ASCs are skimming off profitable
Illinois hospital data finally goes online
At long last, Illinois will begin publishing hospital performance data on a state-run website. We say "at long last" because the laws requiring the reports were passed a whopping five years ago, in
NJ bill allows for docs to refer patients to their own ASCs
A bill signed in New Jersey on Monday allows doctors to refer patients to their own ambulatory surgery centers, but specifies that the referring physician must also perform the surgery themselves.
Ambulatory surgery centers struggle in NJ, around the country
There are nearly 5,000 ambulatory surgery centers around the country, but some face more challenges based on the state in which they are located. Tensions ebb and flow between hospital-owned and
PA bill would end required overtime by health workers
A new bill working its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would ban the state's hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and long-term-care providers from demanding nurses and other clinical
MedPAC mulls financial relationship disclosure rules
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has begun considering recommendations that would require new disclosures regarding financial relationships between drug manufacturers, device
MedPAC mulls financial relationship disclosure rules
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has started considering recommendations that would require new disclosures regarding financial relationships between drug manufacturers, device
NJ hospitals in dire straits after charity budget cuts
While hospitals in every state are struggling to fund charity care and bad debt, things in New Jersey are particularly bad. Not only does the state have 1.3 million people without insurance--and a
