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Officials from the Obama administration announced that due to the recession, the Medicare fund is expected to run out of money by 2017, two years earlier than had been previously predicted, according to a report in The New York Times.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will review its decision to approve the Menaflex knee-surgery device after several scientists and FDA managers raised objections over the approval process, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.

New Ulm (Minn.) Medical Center recently opened a new $3.5 million surgery center, according to a report by Mankato, Minn.-based News 12.

Like many of hospitals around the country, our non-profit, community hospital has watched intently as ASCs have proliferated. We have noted the increasing interest of surgeons in owning these facilities, and the high rates of patient satisfaction they deliver. Not…

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