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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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.
Sens. Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Joyce Broadsword (R-ID) visited the Pend Oreille Surgery Center in Ponderay, Idaho, during August Congress recess, according to according to a report from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's Government Affairs Update.
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Ambulatory surgery centers in Wyoming have joined together to form a state ASC association called the Wyoming Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, according to a news release from Todd Currier, association president and administrator of Northern Wyoming Surgical Center in Cody.
Five additional members of Congress have joined as cosponsors of the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to an ASCA release.
The United States has partially intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Halifax Hospital Medical Center, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., according to a news release from the Department of Justice. The government has partially intervened in allegations that…
A single dose of common pain medicines like aspirin or acetaminophen provided acceptable pain relief for only about one-third of patients, according to a Cochran Library report.
A new portable room divider for hospitals and other providers allows patients with non-airborne infections to be isolated in the same room with other patients, according to a MedGadget report.