Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Product News - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - February, 2016

Coding & Billing: Do your surgeons and coders work in sync? Tips to get your docs engaged with the business side of surgery.

Help staffers prepare for what to do in the event of a fire with this Idea That Works from Bloomington, Indiana.

Safety: How safe are your medication practices? Reduce the risk of errors by reinforcing these 6 practice improvements.

Limit frantic activity in the pre-op area and help patients with this Idea That Works from Bismark, North Dakota.

Avoid lethal failure while delivering oxygen and/or medicine to surgical patients with this Idea That Works from Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

The new world of drug compounding. New regulations have improved safety, but some key distinctions are both subtle and important.

Ideas that work: collections. Ensure patient payments every time.

Reduce the risk of pressure ulcers. Skin injuries can occur without preventative measures in place.

Coding & billing: Cuts to 2016 colonoscopy rates run deep. The physician work values for the colonoscopy family are cut up to 17%.