Tags: ASAPS | cosmetic surgery | Intellimarker | plastic surgery | statistics | surgery centers | VMG Health

Here are 10 ASC-specific and nationwide statistics about cosmetic/plastic surgery. Read more...  

Tags: Childrens Medical Center | outpatient center | surgery center | Texas

Dallas-based Children's Medical Center has announced plans for an expansion that would include the construction of a pediatric outpatient facility, including an ambulatory surgery center, in Southlake, Texas, according to a report in the Star Local News. Read more...  

Tags: competition | global market | pain management | transdermal medication

Active lifestyles, aging joints and a more enlightened approach by practitioners to treating pain is contributing to a highly attractive demand picture for pain management drug products, especially among transdermal formulations, which has led to an increase in the number of participants seeking to compete for a share of the market, according to a news release from Greystone Associates. Read more...  

Tags: New York | NYU Langone Medical Center | orthopedics | surgery center

NYU Langone Medical Center enjoys a reputation as one of the premier academic medical centers in the country. The hospital recently opened a facility built to current technology and clinical best practices in order to provide patients with a new option for orthopedic surgery: a hospital-affiliated, free-standing ASC — right in the heart of Manhattan. Read more...  

Chicago — Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review, announce details of its upcoming 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues on June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Read more...  

Tags: Bart Stupak | healthcare reform | House | Nancy Pelosi | reconciliation

1. Democrats count votes; Attempt to move forward with President Obama's plan. While President Obama has vowed to push forward with comprehensive reform, many Democrats seem to be struggling as to how they can move the President's plan along. Many political analysts question House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's ability to garner the 216 votes needed to pass the Senate's bill; however, discussions have surfaced suggesting that the House is only one vote away from approving the bill. It is unclear at this point whether these discussions are rumors or fact. Read more...  

Tags: ASC Communications | Chicago | orthopedic conference | spine conference | surgery center conference

CHICAGO — Exhibit space and sponsorship opportunities are currently available for the 8th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASCs Conference: Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues, sponsored by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Orthopedic & Spine Review. The conference will take place June 10-12, 2010, at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
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Tags: COBRA extension | jobs bill | Medicare physician payment cut

The Senate has voted to pass the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010 (HR 4213), which includes language that would delay the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians until Sept. 30 and would extend through Dec. 31 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's COBRA benefit subsidy, according to a report by the AHA News Now. Read more...  

Tags: legislation | prices | transparency | Wisconsin

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation that requires hospitals, physicians and other healthcare providers to disclose the cost of the most common procedures they perform so consumers have price-estimates before choosing a provider, according to a release by Gov. Doyle. Read more...  

Tags: MALO Clinic | New Jersey | Sweetwater Construction Corp.

Construction has been completed on the 50,000-square-foot MALO Clinic in Rutherford, N.J., which includes medical offices, an ASC and an oral rehabilitation center , according to a report by Sweetwater Construction Corp., the company that built the facility. Read more...  

Tags: Ambulatory Surgery Foundation | ASC Association | ASC Coalition | Kathy Bryant

After more than 10 years of outstanding service, President Kathy Bryant will be leaving the ASC Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation, according to a release from ASC Association chair Alsie Sydness-Fitzgerald, CASC. Read more...