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Todd Currier is the first president of the Wyoming Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which recently announced its formation.

Lisa Nijm, MD, an ophthalmologist at the Eye Institute at Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, is opening a new part-time outreach practice in Lincoln, Ill., according to a Lincoln Courier report.

The FDA has approved Fluke Biomedical's ProSim Vital Signs patient simulator, according to a Fluke news release.

A recent report by the HHS Inspector General said CMS has not been verifying whether Medicare prescriptions for painkillers and other addictive drugs were written by real physicians, according to a Cutting Edge report.

The office manager of an OB/GYN practice in Hilton Head, S.C., has pleaded guilty to buying intrauterine devices that were not FDA-approved, according to an Island Packet report.

The following article is written by Eric J. Stenson, director of enterprise applications for Surgical Notes. The views expressed are those of the author and are not endorsed by Surgical Notes. Stanford University Hospital recently suffered a major breach of…

ASCA board member Michael Guarino testified on behalf of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association at a hearing of the House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee on Friday, addressing consolidation within the healthcare industry.

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7 Predictions From ASC Physicians on the Future of Surgery Center Physician Ownership Considering the growing trends of physician employment by hospitals and hospital acquisition and integration of ambulatory surgery centers, seven ambulatory surgery center physician-owners discuss whether they expect…

Ambulatory surgery center physicians and professionals from Washington state recently flew into Washington, D.C., and met with their congressional representatives to lobby on behalf of ASCs, according to a report from ASCA's Government Affairs Update.