Novartis has announced its intention to gain full ownership of eye care company Alcon, according to a Novartis news release.
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A study published in the Jan. 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that the risk of early postoperative mortality was slightly increased for the first 26 days after the elective surgery, down significantly from previous…
Premier Orthopaedic Associates in Vineland, N.J., will soon open a one-room ASC featuring the largest operating room in the county, according to a report by the Daily Journal.
Paul F. Barresi, MD, an anesthesiologist, has rejoined the active medical staff at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockland, Maine, according to a news release from Pen Bay Healthcare.
Allen Ambulatory Surgery Center in Waterloo, Iowa, the ASC of Allen Health System, recently completed a $10 million expansion, according to a report by the Waterloo Daily Courier.
Roberto Gugig, MD, will join the staff at Kaweah Delta Health Care District's Exeter (Calf.) Pediatric Clinic as a pediatric gastroenterologist, according to a report in the Visalia Times-Delta.
HHS has issued two sets of proposed regulations that clarify standards hospitals, physicians and other providers must meet to be eligible for $14.1 billion and $27.3 billion in funding under the HITECH Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…
Tom Mallon, CEO and founder of Regent Surgical Health, a developer of surgery centers and physician-owned hospitals across the country, has been appointed to a three-year term to the board of directors of Physician Hospitals of America — a trade…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued Transmittal 1867 (pdf), which is designed to help physicians, non-physician practitioners and hospitals, as well as Medicare Administrative Contractors, to help prevent misuse of modifiers used to identify adverse events and…
Panama City, Fla.-based orthopedic surgeon Weems Roland McArthur, MD, passed away on Dec. 29, 2009, after a three-month battle with pulmonary fibrosis, according to a report from WJHG News.