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In order to receive Medicare reimbursement and be certified by CMS, ASCs must comply with standards set by the federal agency.

Philadelphia-based Vantage EyeCare added seven providers to its network across the U.S.

ASCs from across Indiana will test their ability to respond to a utility failure emergency during a tabletop exercise on Oct. 18, according to Vantage Point Consulting.

Brian D. Sites, MD, will become the next editor-in-chief of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

Rand Paul, MD, R-Ky., was part of a pro bono cataract surgery at Innovative Ophthalmology's eye surgery center in Paducah, Ky., the Paducah Sun reports.

Stormont Vail Health purchased a 49 percent ownership stake in Manhattan (Kan.) Surgical Hospital and will expand the hospital's surgical and oncology programs, The Mercury reports.

A new internationally developed guideline recommends against screening all people aged 50 to 79 years for colorectal cancer, instead recommending only individuals of elevated risk undergo a screening test, Medscape reports.

Walmart is leveraging its million-person-strong health plan to develop a featured provider network it's testing in Northwest Arkansas, Dallas and Orlando, Fla., TB&P reports.

Sarvepalli D. Jokhai, DPM, the founder of Peach State Surgery Center, was appointed to serve on the Georgia State Board of Podiatry Examiners.

Ron Rittenmeyer, CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, said he'd like to see policymakers improve the ACA's current framework instead of eliminating it entirely, ThinkAdvisor reported.