Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

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

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

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

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

5 Ways to make your ORs safe and comfortable. Keep your surgical teams happy and healthy with these ergonomic products.

No more dirty duodenoscopes. Recent superbug outbreaks have hammered home the importance of proper manual cleaning.

Strategies to prevent retained objects. What you can do to ensure that nothing's left behind.

Master of the difficult airway. New devices are making difficult cases safer — and opening the doors to more challenging patients.

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Ideas that work: housekeeping. No locker left behind.