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The Collaborative Healthcare-Associated Infection Network, a Minnesota-based infection prevention organization, offers two free patient education fliers on preoperative bathing requirements.

Here are three ambulatory anesthesia experts on how surgery centers can work with anesthesia providers for more cost-effective services.

Here are five ideas for spine surgeons to leverage online and internet access to improve their relationship with patients and their clinical practice in the future from Cheryl Zapata, Chief Development Officer of Texas Back Institute.

The FDA sent warning letters in December to five eye practices in California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana and Texas demanding changes in their advertisements for LASIK procedures.

Stephen Punzak, MD, is the founder and CEO of Medical Web Technologies, a developer of the Internet-based pre-admission software One Medical Passport. Dr. Punzak is a practicing anesthesiologist for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

Passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 in a vote by the House of Representatives late Tuesday averted a 26.5 percent cut in the Medicare sustainable growth rate formula and held off an additional 2 percent for two…

1. Understand case volume and physician employment trends. Physician employment may disproportionately affect centers with high non-owner case volumes, said Jason Ruchaber, CFA, ASA, partner at HealthCare Appraisers. If the surgery center's case volume is heavily dependent on non-owners, the…

Colonoscopy Center of Excellence donated $2,000 to the Colon Cancer Alliance to support research and development in colon cancer.

Here are eight suggestions for ambulatory surgery center operating room efficiency.

Here are five ways to maximize operating room efficiency with quick turnover times and optimal scheduling from Kelly Doyle, CEO of Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospital in Philadelphia.