ASC News

  In the wake of growing discontent with the Affordable Care Act's insurance markets, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell is working to give consumers more information about what they will pay for healthcare, according to Bloomberg Business.

To reduce healthcare costs for Coloradans, a commission will examine the state's healthcare costs for the next two years, according to The Daily Sentinel.

CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt called for increased transparency regarding drug pricing at the HHS Pharmaceutical Forum, according to an AHA News report.

Here are four ASC industry leaders who recently took on new roles or earned industry honors.

Here are four updates on ASC companies.

Agency/contract/travel nurses earn the highest salary compared to nurses in any other work setting, according to the Medscape Nurse Salary Report 2015.

Holland (Mich.) Eye Surgery & Laser Center is the first provider in West Michigan to implement the CATALYS Precision Laser System, according to a Fox 17 West Michigan report.

A new app launched in Australia focused on engaging physicians for house calls could disrupt the locum tenens industry, according to an iMedicalApps report.

Southeastern Health's Southeaster Surgical Center physician Lya Crichlow, MD, became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, according to a report from The Robesonian.

Portland, Ore.-based Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Center's Mark A. Kallgren, MD, conducted the first commercial implantation of the Senza spinal cord stimulator in Portland.