Two years ago, when Hospital Peer Review did its salary survey, we were in the midst of the deepest recession that this country had known since the Great Depression.
Harmonic scalpels and staples were missing at a hospital in Florida. A review of videotapes showed what appeared to be a surgical resident leaving the equipment storage room with items he was not authorized to take.
Healthcare workers might be suffering in silence from work-related dermatitis.
Several ambulatory surgery center (ASC) leaders have reported questions concerning how to report G-codes with no associated charges, according to the ASC Association (ASCA) web site.
Latest report covers 4 procedures
Significant new scientific evidence published over the last four years has prompted three major medical societies to change their guidance on who should receive metabolic and bariatric surgery and which methods should be used.
