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Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC, Chief Nursing Officer at SourceMed, discusses common ambulatory surgery center staffing issues and how the best centers address them.

Russell Cohen, MD, is a gastroenterologist at the University of Chicago. Dr. Cohen's clinical interests include Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease.

Last year, New York enacted a law targeting surprise billing from out-of-network claims. More often than not, preliminary data found insurers prevailed over providers in hundreds of conflicts the state's independent entity adjudicated, according to Crain's New York Business.

The worldwide nurse call system is projected to reach $1.8 billion by 2022, a Grand View Research report found.

CMS updated its electronic quality measures for eligible professional and hospitals reporting 2017 quality data, according to Healthcare IT News.

The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum awarded Premier the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for QUEST, Premier's quality improvement initiative.

On May 12, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services will host a public hearing on Novant Health's certificate-of-need application to open an ambulatory surgery center in Kernersville, according to greensboro.com.

On April 7, Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan and University of Michigan Health System officials provided the Brighton City (Mich.) Council a detailed presentation about plans to construct an ASC, according to whmi.

Douglas Hester, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., participated in Vanderbilt University's Lectures in the Library series, "Alternative Medicine: Poets Who Heal."

Tenet Healthcare appointed Howard Hacker as senior vice president and CCO.