Baxter International, a company that manufacturers blood products and intravenous drugs, is suing Teva Pharmaceutical Industries in order to enforce an indemnity agreement over claims the drugmakers sold the anesthetic propofol in a way that led patients to contract hepatitis,…
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The author of a bill that would have given California regulators the power to reject health insurance rate increase said Wednesday that he is pulling the bill from consideration this year, according to a San Jose Mercury News report.
Minimally invasive surgery for a burst appendix could be more successful and less costly than the traditional operation, according to a new study reported in Reuters Health.
Tom O'Bannon, director western alliance value optimization at Amerinet, discusses seven out-of-the-box ideas for ambulatory surgery centers to cut costs on supplies.
South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley said the state will not accept millions of dollars in federal funding intended to help South Carolina set up a health insurance exchange, according to a Miami Herald report.
HHS' Partnership for Patients and National Quality Forum will present a free patient safety webinar on preventing pressure ulcers and falls on Sept. 9 at 2:30 p.m., EDT.
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has issued a new advisory report (pdf) which analyzes medication error reports submitted by ambulatory surgery facilities to the Authority, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.
If surgery center leaders can identify and add an up-and-coming procedure to their list of approved procedures prior to their competitors doing such, they may be able to corner the market and profit tremendously before the surgery becomes widespread. Lori…
Ambulatory Alliances, a business brokerage and investment banking firm serving ambulatory surgery centers, has announced the sale of the NewHope Dallas surgery center to a strategic buyer, according to a news release.
Carillon Surgery Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., has been granted full accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network Accreditation Program, according to a news release.