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Here are the top five payors by CMS region and volume for anesthesiology, according to GENASCIS's "Did You Know" benchmarking data. Note: Anesthesiology data not available for all CMS regions. Data may not be available for all states.

Here are the top three ASC payors by volume for orthopedics by CMS region, according GENASCIS's database of information from more than 700 ASCs across the country.

Establishing FMV for call coverage compensation is becoming increasingly difficult as arrangements are evolving and survey data is unreliable. The following will discuss recent trends in paying for call coverage, market statistics and the valuation considerations surrounding certain payment structures.

Here are the 2010 Medicare reimbursement rates for four common ASC knee procedures.

Robert Zasa is a managing and founding partner with ASD Management, which specializes in development and management of new and existing ASCs.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected a computer-assisted anesthesia system that uses propofol manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, after an advisory panel recommended its approval last May, according to an Associated Press report in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has informed Medicare contractors that the interest rate for Medicare over- and underpayments has dropped to 10.875 percent, effective April 23, 2010, according to CMS Transmittal 166.

The number of new medical malpractice suits in Pennsylvania fell to 1,533 in 2009 from 1,602 new cases in 2008, according to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Here are the 10 states with the lowest number of surgery centers in the United States, according to SDI Health. For a list of the states with the most ASCs, click here.

Mentor, Ohio-based US Endoscopy is planning a $4.7 million expansion, so the company can continue to design, make and sell its gastrointestinal endoscopy products, with the goal of moving into other specialties, according to a report in MedCity News.