Author: Staff

Here are 50 statistics on net revenue by specialty in ambulatory surgery centers, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. Note: All numbers are averages.

Karen Pence, the wife of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, underwent emergency gallbladder surgery at Naab Road Surgery Center in Indianapolis, according to a WFFL 18 report.

Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg, Kan., is progressing with construction on its new surgery center, according to a Four States Home Page report.

Here are 10 accomplishments and milestones for ambulatory surgery centers and physicians.

Norton Community Hospital has unveiled a $12 million surgery suite, which includes new endoscopy and gastrointestinal lab areas, a new central sterile supply area, an anesthesia work room and a new cystoscopy suite, according to a Kingsport Times-News report.

Stewart Shofner, MD, of Shofner Vision Center in Nashville, Tenn., issued a release giving his three reasons why people choose to undergo LASIK during the winter months.

Rates of post-operative endophthalmitis have lowered to a range between 0.03 percent and 0.15 percent, according to a presentation by Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, a physician and consultant speaking at the Hawaiian Eye 2013 conference in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

The pain medication overdose death rate has dropped 23 percent from 2008 to 2011 in Washington, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

A medical group in Long Island, N.Y., is looking for a clinical documentation specialist.

A plastic surgery office in New York City is looking for a cosmetic patient care liaison and counselor who would report to the physician.