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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > July, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 7

Readers to the Rescue

Maximum Case Time in ASCs

Can ASC Procedures Go Longer Than 4 Hours?
True or false? Medicare rules state that a procedure in an ambulatory surgery center can't last more than 4 hours. Not exactly true. To be considered for inclusion on Medicare's ASC list, the procedure wouldn't be expected to last more than 4 hours. Splitting hairs perhaps, but a distinction worth sharing with the next Medicare surveyor that cites you for performing a procedure that lasted more than 4 hours.

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