SurgiStrategies News

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Executes Agreement to Acquire a Colorado Medical Office Building

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:09 PDT

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-- Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. (the "REIT"), a self-managed, non-traded, real estate investment trust, announced the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire a medical office building located in Englewood, Colorado for approximately $18,600,000. The Hampden Place Medical Center is located within the Englewood ...(349 words)

New Survey Reports Physicians Think They are Losing Control of Medicine

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:58:14 PDT

A survey released today from Jackson Healthcare reports that the majority of physicians surveyed (74 percent) feel they have less control over the way they practice medicine than they did five years ago.According to the survey results, the cause is a combination of the threat of medical malpractice litigation, as ...(439 words)

Idaho Hospital Purchases Surgery Center

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:45:37 PDT

According to a report in the Rexburg Standard Journal, Madison Memorial Hospital bought the North Fork Surgery Center for $1.8 million in a deal finalized Wednesday.The Idaho surgery center will be renamed as the Madison Memeorial Surgery Center, since it will be a department of the hospital.As stated in the ...(88 words)

MGMA supports Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (H.R. 3961) and Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:29:16 PDT

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) today sent the House of Representatives a letter indicating the Association’s support of the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (H.R. 3961) and the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962). MGMA supports healthcare reform and considers these important bills as interdependent policies that ...(110 words)

National Quality Forum Endorses Six Measures for Melanoma and Eye Care

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:23:20 PDT

WASHINGTON-- The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed six measures to improve quality of eye and skin care in the ambulatory setting. The endorsed measures address melanoma and eye care, specifically glaucoma, macular degeneration, and cataracts.Melanoma. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 68,720 new melanomas will be diagnosed in ...(439 words)

Cardinal Health Holds Annual Meeting, Releases Preliminary Shareholder Voting Results

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:12:36 PDT

DUBLIN, OH-- Cardinal Health today released the preliminary results of shareholder voting at its annual meeting of shareholders, and the board of directors declared the company's 101st consecutive regular quarterly dividend.Based on the preliminary voting results, shareholders elected ten directors to the board, ratified Ernst Young as the company's ...(145 words)

Connecticut Hospital Stays Healthy In Ailing Times

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:04:27 PDT

According to a report on Greenwhich-Post.com, the Connecticut hospital is thriving despite the ecomonic woes. As stated in the article, "What could have been one of the worst years ever for Greenwich Hospital turned out to be one of its best, hospital president and chief executive officer Frank A. Corvino ...(130 words)

Regent Surgical Health Enters into Joint Venture with Physician Owners, Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:47 PDT

WESTCHESTER, IL — Regent Surgical Health, a leading developer of surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals, is partnering once again with Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center of Reno, Nevada, to develop and manage the Summit Surgery Center at Saint Mary's Galena. This is the second joint venture between Regent and Saint ...(474 words)

High Definition GI Endoscopes and Wireless Capsules Lead the Way in Gastrointestinal (GI) Endoscopy Devices Market

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:36:12 PDT

Dublin, CA -- Technological innovation and population-wide colorectal cancer screening programs are helping the GI Endoscopy market through the turbulent economic climate. Diseases driving overall growth are colorectal cancer and GERD in the West and stomach and esophageal cancer in the East. The largest market segment is GI Endoscopes/Videoscopes, while the ...(722 words)

Virginia Hospital Seeks Support for New Medical Center

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:40:27 PDT

According to an article in the Suffolk News-Herald, officials from a Virginia hospital, Sentara Obici Hospital, hope for broad public support Friday during a public hearing on a request to develop an ambulatory surgery center near Carrollton, Virginia.As stated in the article, "The proposed ambulatory surgery center would comprise an operating ...(122 words)