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The American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust announced (pdf) it has been awarded two contracts by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to improve surgical and primary care.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued its recommended core set of health home quality measures to states, according to an AHA News Now report.

Orthopedic surgeon Clifford Turen, MD, recently crashed an air plane he was piloting in Dover, Del., according to a Dover Post report.

Rockford (Ill.) Orthopedic Associates recently made a $34,255 donation to the Northern Illinois Food Bank, according to a report form The Rock River Times.

Our nation is aging. By 2020, the number of U.S. citizens 65 or older will increase to over 54 million people — almost 16 percent of the projected US population. By 2030, one in five Americans will be at least…

Here are five steps for spine surgeons to resolve medical liability and malpractice issues before becoming a hospital employee.

In late October, QSE Technologies in Englewood, Colo., announced it had joined 3t Systems, a complete IT services company based in Greenwood Village. The two companies, though different, bring essential services to the integrated organization: QSE Technologies specialized in IT…

Cigna Health and Life Insurance sued a group of California surgical practices on Friday, alleging that the practices fraudulently schemed to overbill the payor and the ERISA plans it administers by at least $66 million, according to a Law 360…

The directors of Spring Park Surgery Center in Davenport, Iowa, have announced the acquisition of an OptiMedica Catalys Precision Laser System for cataract surgery, according to a Quad Cities Online report.

NVISION Laser Eye Centers in Newport Beach, Calif., has acquired Meister Eye & Laser Center and the Eye Surgery Center of Northern California, both in Sacramento, according to an Orange County Register report.