A recent study by The Freedonia Group predicts that the disposable medical supply market will increase 4.6 percent annually to $59 billion in 2013, according to a Global Information press release.
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Pain Management physicians who currently perform their cases in an office-based practice may benefit from moving cases to an ASC, according to Brannon Frank, MD, a pain management physician with Austin (Texas) Pain Associates and a partner and medical advisor…
The Grayslake (Ill.) Village Board approved a plan from Lake Forest Hospital to build an outpatient surgery center and a cancer treatment center on its Grayslake campus, according to a report in the Grayslake Review.
Twin Cities Orthopedics, one of the largest orthopedic physician practices in the Midwest, has announced that it will partner with Surgical Care Affiliates to develop a new orthopedic surgery center in Edina, Minn., according to an SCA news release.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Bill Corr announced the release of $13.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for loan repayments to nurses who agree to work in facilities with critical nursing shortages and…
Memphis, Tenn.-based Medtronic announced the United States launch of the T2 SCEPTOR Distractible End Cleats System, a vertebral body replacement device intended for use in the thoracic and lumbar spine to replace a collapsed, damaged or unstable vertebral body due…
Consumer Reports has ranked five affiliates of National Surgical Hospitals as the highest ranking hospitals in their respective states, according to a National Surgical Hospitals news release.
The American Health Lawyers Association has announced the release of the fourth edition of Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Legal and Regulatory Issues by Scott Becker, Melissa Szabad, Amber McGraw Walsh, Sarah Abraham Chacko, Ronald E. Lundeen, Jr., Elissa Koch Moore and…
Many aspects of the current healthcare system could possibly undergo seismic changes as Congress considers healthcare reform. These Olympian struggles are being closely monitored by Peter Mandell, MD, the new chair of the Council on Advocacy at the American Academy…
The reduction and control of supply costs has always been critical to a surgery center's success and profitability. The Lexington Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC), part of central Kentucky's oldest and largest multi-specialty medical group, which is made up of…