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Here are six resources offered by government and non-profit organizations to help healthcare facilities prevent and control the incidence of surgical site infections. Each resource is offered and downloadable at no cost.*

Several leaders in the spine surgery field discuss the key trends to watch for 2013. 1. Coverage denials will continue among many payors. This year more than ever, spine surgeons are reporting coverage denials from insurance companies for surgery as…

Here are 201 orthopedic- and spine-driven ambulatory surgery centers to know.

Deborah Grider, senior manager with Blue and Company, offers 10 steps to prepare for full implementation of ICD-10.

A group of nearly 40 physicians and public health officials is asking the Food and Drug Administration to change the labeling for certain medications for chronic pain, according to a MedPage Today report.

Thomas K. Miller, MD, serves as the medical director and a physician owner of Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center. He weighs in on what the orthopedic market for ambulatory surgery centers will look like as it evolves over the next 12…

Consumers Advancing Patient Safety offers a free, downloadable toolkit, designed to guide healthcare providers through improving medical reconciliation in outpatient settings.

Here are six strategies to recruit additional physicians for an ambulatory surgery center in 2012 with Reed Martin, COO of Surgical Management Professionals.

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

CMS has issued a proposed rule for hospitals participating in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System. Under the rule, payments to acute-care hospitals would increase by approximately 0.9 percent in fiscal year 2013.