President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, with the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association applauding the decision to pass the law that features two provisions impacting ASCs.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care accredited Royal Oak (Mich.) Surgical Center.
Alan P. Ganderson, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Gastroenterology of Virginia Beach.
The U.S. Department of Defense honored Pensacola (Fla.) Naval Hospital's Brent Lacey, MD, for his innovative hepatitis C screening program, the Pensacola News Journal reports.
The Fargo, N.D.-based Center for Pain Medicine started as a 1,600-square-foot practice in a leased space in a medical center; heavy demand followed and a new 9,000-square-foot clinic and outpatient surgery center opened Dec. 13, 2016, the Inforum reports.
Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Boston Scientific closed a deal to acquire Vancouver, Canada-based Neovasc for $75 million.
New York-based Tyme Technologies partnered with Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic to launch a pancreatic research program.
Jung-Whan Kim, a biologist at The University of Texas at Dallas, discovered that two enzymes linked to keeping cancer cells alive, can work in tandem to spur cancer growth.
The American Health Policy Institute and VBID Health released the study, "Using Data-Driven Disruption to Reduce Wasteful Healthcare Spending." The study examines wasteful spending of 35 large, self-insured employers in the United States.
Three studies revealed mothers with Zika will likely give birth to babies with brain damage, and the virus may continue to replicate, according to The New York Times.