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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > August, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 8

Business Advisor

Is There a Thief on Your Payroll?

Annamarie Carey-York, MBA

We learned the hard way that surgery centers often don't have the same financial controls that larger companies do. In three successive months last year, we had brushes with fiscal impropriety at three of the centers I help manage.

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