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Here are 10 current topics on GI and endoscopy-driven ASCs.

Robert J. Rubino, MD, founder of The Rubino OB/GYN Group in New Jersey, has received a research grant to study the use of an FDA-approved device for the minimally invasive removal of uterine masses in the office under local anesthesia,…

Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital will receive $23 million to build an ASC and refinance debt, according to Olean Times Herald report.

A study in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia reported an existing surgical robot could be used to perform complex regional anesthesia procedures, theoretically allowing expert anesthesiologists to perform procedures remotely, according to the Anesthesia & Analgesia report abstract. 

As president of National Medical Billing Services in St. Louis, Mo., one of the largest ASC billing companies in the country, Lisa Rock is well-versed in the mistakes ASCs make concerning billing and coding. Here she discusses six things your…

Full-time, board-certified pain management physician needed to join fast growing spine surgery center in Salem, Ore.

Here is a sample additions to approved procedures list policy, used for the clinical policies and procedures manual at Western Reserve Surgery Center in Kent, Ohio, you can adapt for use in your ASC.

Fox Eye Surgery in Iowa had its application for a certificate of need to build an ASC denied by the Court of Appeals of Iowa, according to legal documents on Leagle.com.

Title: Director of Operations Departmental Scope: Case Management Team; Intake, Authorization, Account Management & Logistics Current Staff: Approximately 20; Three-year growth plan exceeds 100 FTE's for department Reports to: VP of Operational Excellence (interim period; 90-180 days); Chief Operating Officer…

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Phelps County Regional Medical Center in Rolla, Mo., has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.