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Here are five ways to optimize spine in surgery centers.

If the individual mandate is ruled unconstitutional, the entire healthcare reform law should be repealed, conservative Supreme Court justices argued today, according to a Chicago Tribune report.

Physicians at Park Avenue Cellulaze now offer the Cellulaze treatment using an aesthetic laser to attack the structural problems beneath the skin causing cellulite.

Tom Jacobs from MedHQ sent the following message to the Surgery Center Professionals LinkedIn group, which celebrated its three-year anniversary on March 16, 2012:

Symbion, an owner and operator of short stay surgical facilities, has provided a web simulcast of the fourth quarter and 2011 year-end earnings conference call, which was held on March 20.

Jay Ludescher, chief information officer at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, was recently promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, according to a Post Bulletin report.

Safe in Common will launch the Needlestick Safety Advocacy Tour to promote education, awareness and stronger federal standards for needlestick prevention and safety. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Needlestick Safety Advocacy Tour.

In 2003, bloodstream infections cost the U.S. economy approximately $29 billion, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on bloodstream infections.

Rand Health offers a free, downloadable tool designed to assess patient satisfaction after each visit.

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Memorial Hospital of Union County in Marysville, Ohio, has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology and pulmonology procedure documentation and coding, according to a news release (pdf).