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Newport Beach, Calif.-based NVISION Laser Eye Centers has added WaveLight EX500 lasers by Alcon to its practices.

Bert Mandelbaum, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and co-chair for medical affairs at Los Angeles-based Institute for Sports Sciences. He is director of research for Major League Baseball and a physician for the U.S. men's soccer team.

Spine surgeon Hyun Bae, MD, now performs outpatient spine surgery cases at La Peer Health Systems in Beverly Hills, Calif.

In a Journal of the Association of Staff Physician Recruiters article, Jason Crepeau, a physician recruitment solutions leader at HealthcareSource — a provider of talent management software — lays out tips for onboarding and retaining physicians at medical practices.

In a Family Practice Management article, Jennifer Bush discusses strategies that physicians can implement to improve their job satisfaction.

As data grows in importance and accessibility, opportunities for benchmarking in ambulatory surgery centers continue to unfold.

Brian Ogg, DO, will begin seeing patients at Sallisaw, Okla.-based Sequoyah Memorial Hospital's Mercy Clinic Orthopedics.

Scheduling challenges are common for ambulatory surgery centers, whether it's making physicians happy with block times, maximizing OR use with compact scheduling or making sure the patient is ready for their case to start on time.

The demand for disposable medical supplies will rise over the next four years, according to a new report from Fredonia, US Disposable Medical Supplies Market Report. Some trends in the market from the report include:

Increasingly complex documentation requirements are making it very difficult for ambulatory surgery centers to achieve compliance. With the move from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the task will become even more difficult as greater specificity will be required. Facilities that are unable…