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The 2015 ambulatory surgery center (ASC) and hospital outpatient department (HOPD) payment proposal released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) accommodates several important requests made by ASCA and the ASC community, according to the ASC Association (ASCA).
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When prospective patients call to ask about cost, Susan Smith, CHAA, a benefit representative for patient access at Cox Medical Center Branson (MO), not only does everything in her power to give the best information she possibly can.
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Successful malpractice claims alleging failure to diagnose the post-surgical complication of peritonitis are occurring because patients are sent home without proper evaluation, according to plaintiff attorneys.
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Respiratory illnesses are a common cause for a visit to the pediatric emergency department (ED). A good number of the patients who present for respiratory infections will have illnesses such as upper respiratory infections (i.e., common colds) and bronchiolitis.
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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has received Food and Drug Administration approval for a new inserter for its Mirena intrauterine contraceptive.
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New chlamydia prevalence estimates confirm that young women particularly young African American women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of disease in the United States.
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Results from the 2013 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey indicate that among high school students who are sexually active, condom use has declined from 63% in 2003 to 59% in 2013. This decline follows a period of increased condom use throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.
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Its estimated that 859 out of 100,000 women of reproductive age receive a cancer diagnosis each year in the United States. Up to 80% of all women diagnosed with cancer prior to age 50 survive at least five years.
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A new campaign, Start Talking. Stop HIV, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention encourages gay and bisexual men to talk openly with their sexual partners about HIV risk and prevention strategies.
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Reproductive health advocates are moving quickly following the June 30 Supreme Court ruling that closely held corporations that assert a religious objection do not have to cover contraceptive services and methods in their employer-sponsored health plans as required under the Affordable Care Act.
