G. Keith Smith, an anesthesiologist and chief medical director at the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, has been vocal about his belief in price transparency in ASCs, according to a Fierce Health Finance report.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering has submitted a proposal to build a $339 million outpatient surgery center, which is under consideration by the Public Health and Health Planning Council, according to a Crain's New York Business report.
Drug shortages are delaying plans to open new surgery centers, according to a blog post by Greg Rockers, a staff member with JCB Laboratories.
Kevin Tadych, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, is a physician-owner and medical director of Northwoods Surgery Center in Woodruff, Wis., a Pinnacle III facility. The multispecialty surgery center offers a wide range of services, including orthopedics, ENT, ophthalmology, pain management,…
Swedish pharmaceutical company Orexo plans to submit OX219, a treatment for opioid dependency, for FDA approval in the U.S.
Nektar Therapeutics has launched a Phase 2 study of the opioid analgesic NKTR-181, according to a company release.
The president of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians said that the cost and time required to implement electronic medical records may threaten the sustainability of solo practices, according to an NJ Biz report.
Failing to effectively manage health data causes healthcare providers to lose an average of $70.2 million each year, according to a study reported in InformationWeek.
Benjamin L Rubin, MD, has joined Fox Chase Anesthesiology Associates in Philadelphia.
McCallum R. Hoyt, MD, an anesthesiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, was appointed president of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. She will serve a one-year term from 2012 to 2013.