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A large percentage of the total volume of ambulatory surgery centers are single specialty GI and ophthalmology facilities. A high demand for these procedures, low and predictable cost and short recovery and procedure times have made them a natural fit…
An FDA panel today decided to allow Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals to continue trials for painkillers that were linked to joint failure after clinical trials in 2010, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
The FDA suspended plans to relaunch the cancer pain treatment drug Onsolis pending changes to manufacturing issues with the product, according to a Medcity New report.
Federal officials have overhauled Medicare billing statements to make it easier for seniors to detect fraud, according to a report in Record Online.
The number of healthcare jobs in Pennsylvania has grown in the last 20 years, driven by an increase in jobs in the ambulatory surgery and outpatient settings, according to a Times-Tribune report.
Prophylactic erythrocyte transfusion decreases perioperative anemia and erythrocyte transfusions and may reduce plasma iron levels, according to a study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology.
Physician shortages will present challenges for medical groups in 2012, according to data from Cejka Search and American Medical Group Association's 2011 Physician Retention Survey.
Spine surgeon Alan Moelleken, MD, is involved in an anti-trust lawsuit against Cottage Health System and Neurosurgical Associates of Santa Barbara, in which he accuses the facilities of stifling competition and causing him $5 million in damages, according to a…