Brent W. Lambert, MD, founder and CEO of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, has been noticing a new trend in recent years. Several small ambulatory surgery center companies with an equity stake in multiple ASCs have approached ASCOA, asking to…
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The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers has announced its board members and officers for 2011-12 in a news release.
Federal auditors will be reviewing proposed health insurance rates in 10 states, arguing regulators in those states are not effectively reviewing the insurance hike rates themselves, according to a New York Times report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital…
Samara Moore, MD, has agreed to pay $238,000 in a medical malpractice lawsuit that accused her of delivering negligent care, according to a Southeast Texas Record report.
Several shared lessons and common themes emerged after five Indianapolis hospitals participated in a collaborative designed to study an evidence-based bundle to reduce MRSA, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. Read the full report in Becker’s…
Englok Yap, MD, a pain specialist at the Cleveland Clinic, has joined Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, according to a report from The Plain Dealer.
A new study found stage 1 pancreatic cancer is more likely to be identified with the tumor marker CA 19-9 and targeted endoscopic ultrasound than with standard means of detection, according to a news release the American Society for Gastrointestinal…
ECRI Institute has released a new white paper on the challenges of hospital operating room integration, according to an ECRI news release.
Gastroenterologist Corey J. Sievers, MD, has joined Southeast Gastroenterology in Cape Girardeau, Mo., according to a report by the Southeast Missourian.
New research has found vegetarians are one-third less likely than meat-eaters to develop diverticular disease, according to a report in the British Medical Journal.