Abstract: Maintenance is a critical activity for ensuring the safe and reliable operation of equipment and systems in a variety of industries. There are many different types of maintenance strategies ...

The organization’s latest guidance is a departure from the prevailing views of several other major medical organizations. By Andrew Jacobs The American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommended on ...

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The federal government is moving forward with a long-planned effort to eliminate a list of medical procedures limited to inpatient facilities, per a 2026 hospital payment rule finalized Friday. The ...

[This is Part 2 of the post, “Any Medical Procedure Can Traumatize Your Child.”] As covered in Part 1, any medical procedure runs the risk of becoming traumatic based on a child’s emotional experience ...

A plan to phase out a list of procedures that can be performed only on an inpatient basis has major implications for skilled nursing coverage post-surgery, a major aging services advocacy group is ...

A new Medicare pilot program will require prior authorization for certain medical procedures, using AI to approve or deny coverage A new program from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

The way cardiovascular care is delivered in the US is changing rapidly. Procedures once limited to hospitals are now increasingly performed in outpatient clinics such as ambulatory surgery centers and ...

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Cardiology is rapidly shifting to the outpatient setting, with CMS’ proposed 2026 payment rule adding more than 200 ASC-eligible procedures and paving the way for wider adoption of high-acuity cardiac ...