Japan-based Okayama University researchers studied ways to stop replication of influenza RNA, according to News-Medical Life Sciences.
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Scott D. Becker, MD, is a gastroenterologist and the director of clinical research at Austin (Texas) Gastroenterology.
During the DOJ's antitrust trial against the Anthem, Cigna merger, an Anthem executive testified that the company plans to use Cigna as an avenue to compete in new markets, according to Bloomberg.
Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg and Greenwood, Colo.-based Envision Healthcare shareholders approved the companies' merger.
Delta Region Authority provided Houston-based Texas County Memorial Hospital $150,000 to open a new surgery center, according to West Plains Daily Quill.
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Ketter Cancer Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its first ASC in Monmouth County (N.J.), according to NJ Biz.
With healthcare's future being largely uncertain, physicians may face various ethical decisions concerning patient care. Medscape polled more than 7,500 physicals spanning more than 25 specialties regarding their ethics in "Medscape Ethics Report 2016: Money, Romance, and Patients."
Here are seven updates for ASC leaders to note:
The following five major companies have made a name for themselves in the ASC business, providing management expertise to centers spanning the nation.
Here are three gastroenterologists in the news this past week.