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Title: Medicare Cost-Saving Moves Can Backfire Category: Health News Created: 2/9/2010 8:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2010
Upping payments for bladder biopsies done in doctor's office boosted overall spending, study found.
TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- After Medicare sweetened payments for simple office-based endoscopic procedures, doctors in one New York City practice performed many more in-office bladder biopsies, but the volume of hospital procedures stayed roughly the same, a new study finds.
THOUSAND OAKS, CA--(Marketwire - February 5, 2010) - January 31, 2010 marks five years of delivering clinical excellence and extraordinary care by Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital (TOSH) to the Thousand Oaks community and surrounding area.
THOUSAND OAKS, CA--(Marketwire - 02/05/10) - January 31, 2010 marks five years of delivering clinical excellence and extraordinary care by Thousand Oaks Surgical Hospital (TOSH) to the Thousand Oaks community and surrounding area. "Reaching our five year anniversary is an exciting milestone for our hospital," stated Robert C. Shaw, Chief Executive Officer of TOSH. "Our unrelenting commitment to ...
New addition shows commitment to remaining in city Nearly 30 years ago, Maryland General Hospital was poised to move from Baltimore to Cockeysville - until then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer found out and challenged the plan that he feared would leave city residents without adequate options for health care.
New addition shows commitment to remaining in city Sylvia Smith Johnson, president and chief executive of Maryland General Hospital, shows off one of the hospital's new operating rooms. This one is set up for orthopedic surgery. Next week, hospital leaders will join new Baltimore Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake to open a $57 million expansion - the largest and most expensive change since ...
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