Jerome H. Levy, MD, managing director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York, an ophthalmic ASC in the Bronx, and president emeritus of the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, makes seven observations about the future of ophthalmic ASCs.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned eye care professionals not to make false safety claims and promises about LASIK eye surgery, according to a HealthDay report.
The ASC industry should prepare for potential Medicare cuts as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction convenes to identify solutions for reducing the federal budget deficit, according to an ASCA release.
The owner of a durable medical equipment company in Weslaco, Texas, has been convicted of three counts of healthcare fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Prosecutors said…
Freestanding, single-specialty ambulatory surgery center located in Manhattan is seeking an experienced administrator to oversee the day-to-day operations.
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Speaking to the Advanced Medical Technology Conference, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asked medical devicemakers for help on developing new user fees that she said could usher in the regulatory changes they seek, according to a Mass Device report.
A Florida pain physician who champions yoga to control pain has been indicted on federal charges of illegally prescribing the painkiller oxycodone, according to a St. Petersburg Times report.
As part of a weeklong international crackdown on sales of certain illegal drugs on the Internet, the FDA targeted 997 websites, sent warning letters to 717 sites and forced 578 of them to stop drug sales, according to a Manufacturing.net…
A Department of Veterans Affairs study found that current and former cocaine users had a 45 percent increased risk of glaucoma, mainly open-angle glaucoma, according to a Journal of Glaucoma report.
While acupuncture has been demonstrated to be useful in pain management, there is no single unifying explanation for how it works, according to an Atlantic report.