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The common misperception among healthcare providers that the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is not being enforced...

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The materials manager doesn't own the storeroom, everyone does, says Rufus Rice, materials manager at Anmed Medicus Surgery Center in Anderson, S.C....

Freestanding surgical centers thought it a good thing when they learned that Medicare's new ASC payment system would pay them a constant percentage of what hospital...

The pricey surgical implants the bane of your existence? Join the club. Skyrocketing implant costs and unpredictable reimbursements make controlling implant...

The Joint Commission's hospital deeming authority is no longer the unalienable right it's been for more than 40 years. That's because Congress is requiring the Joint Commission, which accredits 88 percent...

With vacation season dying down and your surgical facilities returning to their regularly scheduled (and regularly busy) programs, now might be as good a time as any...

To raise awareness of the importance of hand hygiene at Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital, Maureen Spencer, RN, Med, CIC, took a page out of the sales rep's...