Here are 10 statistics about the earnings and employment of medical and health services managers across the United States, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2008-09 Edition.
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Joseph Grostas, business manager of the Surgery Center at Brinton Lake in Glen Mills, Pa., has been charged with embezzling more than $178,000 from the center, according to a report from the Delaware County Daily Times.
St. Vincent's Medical Center, in Bridgeport, Conn., will soon open the doors to its new ambulatory surgery center, according to a report in the Connecticut Post.
Visalia (Calif.) Center for Ambulatory Medicine and Surgery and Cypress Surgical Center, also in Visalia, will merge, according to a report by the Visalia Times-Delta.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota introduced Care Comparison, a new online tool that customers can use to estimate the total treatment cost of dozens of common elective procedures, according to a BCBS news release.
Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Md., has announced that it will relocate all surgeries performed in its Dixon Ambulatory Care Center to the hospital's newly renovated surgery facilities beginning July 1, according to a report in the Carroll County Times.
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