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The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Florida has indicted 32 people involved in four pain management clinics that have been cited as pill mills, according to a CBS Miami report.

Patients with uveitis, an eye condition leading to vision loss, responded equally well to two common medical and surgical treatments over a period of two years, according to a Penn Medicine report.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, is the chairman of the board and CEO of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers (SIPMS); medical director of the Pain Management Center of Paducah (Ky.);…

The Advanced Medical Technology Association, or AdvaMed, the lobbying group for the medical device industry, spent about $366,000 in lobbying in the second quarter of 2011, according to an Associated Press report.

Recent data suggest the trend in infections for heart surgery (coronary artery bypass graft) is decreasing, while trends in infections for colon, hip and hysterectomy surgeries are increasing among Iowa hospitals, according to the Iowa Healthcare Collaborative. Read the full…

Smokers are much more likely to report problems with chronic pain than non-smokers, according to a Journal of Pain report.

After enduring $8 billion in lower reimbursements in the past five years, the imaging industry is a prime target for more cuts as a new committee prepares to slice $1.2 trillion off federal spending, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report.

For most surgery centers, you have to get a loan of $2 million for the building (if built from ground up) and $1 million for equipment for a 7,000-square-foot structure, says Pedro Vergne-Marini, MD, managing member of Physicians Capital Investments.…

Approximately 20 percent of surgery centers are currently in a relationship with a hospital, and the number is only expected to grow as ASCs seek higher reimbursement, capital for expansion and support for implementing changes through healthcare reform. Physician-owners should…