Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (Calif.) recently opened The Bonnie Uytengsu and Family Surgery and Intervention Center in Stanford, Healthcare Design reports.
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A new report released by the Medical Management Association found primary care physician salary has risen by 10 percent over the past five years, nearly double the increase in specialist compensation over the same period.
Takeda Pharmaceuticals is considering selling some Shire assets if its $62 billion acquisition is approved, Bloomberg reports.
Research published in The Journal of Arthroplasty found unicompartmental knee arthroplasties performed at an ASC have a similar early postoperative complication rate to those performed in hospital outpatient departments.
The Joint Commission appointed two new leaders in its accreditation and certification operations division.
Middle, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Specialists still hasn't released patients' medical records after closing dozens of clinics July 31, The Tennessean reports.
Interventional radiology ASCs have more ways than ever to collect for procedures, thanks to a surge in the number of billing codes supporting these facilities, according to Mark F. Weiss and Cecilia Kronawitter.
With Sg2 predictions expecting a 15 percent increase in outpatient surgical volume over the next decade, physicians and health systems are developing outpatient strategies in anticipation, Practice Partners reports.
Georgia's certificate of need laws may be overhauled after the Georgia House Rural Development Council hears reform proposals in September, The Heartland Institute reports.
The California Ambulatory Surgery Association recognized three Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health-affiliated ASCs with excellence awards.