ASC nurse Victoria Sweeney, RN, was among seven employees who received Employee of the Quarter awards from Springfield, Pa.-based Crozer-Keystone Health System.
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Phillip Acevedo, MD, is the newest physician at Florida Specialty Surgery Center in St. Petersburg, according to the ASC's clinical director, Abha Shah, BSN, RN.
Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Surgery Center is offering facility tours to address pediatric patients' concerns about their procedures, Daily Messenger reports.
Kathryn Mominee was named director of ASC operations at Sandusky, Ohio-based NOMS Healthcare.
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Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International is recruiting three registered nurses, according to Jessica Green, clinical director at Mayfield Brain & Spine, and Lindsay Brian, pain management department nurse manager at Mayfield Spine Surgery Center.
Peggy Powell, BSN, RN, a nurse manager at Rockford (Ill.) Ambulatory Surgery Center, received a $5,000 scholarship Oct. 10, Patch reports.
CMS' decision to reduce payments for office-based noninvasive cardiac tests had the unintended consequence of increasing costs across the board, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
$150,000 in grants will be divided among eight organizations to educate communities and health professionals and deliver free screenings and counselling.
Medline’s Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) division recently participated in the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s (ASCA) National Advocacy Day in Washington D.C. to educate members of the U.S. Congress on the most urgent issues facing the ASC community and its patients.