Confusion has surrounded just what patients will owe when undergoing a screening colonoscopy, but CMS has offered some guidance, according to an NPR report. CMS stated that payers cannot charge ...

Minor complications following ambulatory surgery — such as post-operative pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding — occur at predictable rates. For example, vomiting occurs in 10 to 20 percent of patients ...

Special precautions must be taken to ensure anesthesia safety in ambulatory surgery on infants, very young children and elderly patients, according to a SAMBA report. According to Raafat S. Hannahllah ...