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California Hospitals Fined for Safety Violations

California's Department of Public Health has fined 18 hospitals $25,000 per incident for failing to comply with state laws overseeing patient safety...

What Happens When Opioids Backfire?

It's a rare and challenging pain management paradox: opioid drugs, designed to relieve acute and chronic pain, can have the reverse effect in some p...

Safer, Synthetic Heparin Developed

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have built the largest dose of synthetic heparin ever created in a lab. The developme...


	Archive > October 2002	Vol. III, No. 10

FEATURES

Will Careless Coding Catch Up to You?

Real-life cases of how ignorance, laziness and deception landed three facilities in hot water.

This Just In...

ASC Fee Schedule Revisions

My Turn

When It Comes to Handling ASC Issues, CMS Deserves a B

Letters & Emails

Coding and Billing

Inside the New Payment Rates

Infection Prevention

Using Glutaraldehyde Safely

Ideas That Work

Purchasing Prescription Drugs Online

How to Profit from Minimally Invasive Disc Decompression Surgery

Several new technologies allow disc decompression to be done in outpatient facilities. Here's how to make them work for you.

How to Team Up with a Management Firm

Why and how to bring in a managing equity partner.

Update on Flexible Endoscopes

Here's a review of three new scope systems from Fujinon, Olympus and Pentax that your surgeons may be requesting.

How to Fast-Track Cataracts

Managers have responded to rising costs and shrinking reimbursements by taking aggressive measures to cut costs, become more efficient and build volume.

Choosing the Right Anesthesia Arrangement

Contracting with an anesthesia group can help you survive the anesthesia shortage. The right full-time provider can work wonders for your facility.

Staffing

Wanted: Nurses Who Understand the ASC Mentality

October 2002