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Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is forming an ambulatory surgery division within its ambulatory enterprise, which is currently responsible for 70 percent of Vanderbilt's annual surgical volume. 

Portland, Maine-based InterMed plans to relocate its downtown Portland ASC to Scarborough, Maine, to a facility that is one-third larger than its existing location, according to an Aug. 17 report from Mainebiz. 

Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implant, 1 stage, was the most common outpatient surgery performed at ASCs in 2022, according to an Aug. 4 blog post from Definitive Healthcare. 

Hospital admissions related to COVID-19 have risen for the fifth consecutive week — including by 14.3 percent in the past week — and deaths have risen by 10 percent, according to data from the CDC.

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A physician, pharmacist and pharmacy technician who are all based in Michigan were charged for their alleged roles in a more than $7 million fraud scheme. 

Outpatient care centers is the second top-paying industry for surgeons, offering over $25,000 more than that mean annual wage.

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