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A physician from Greenwich, Conn., has pled guilty to a conspiracy charge for illegally evading $30 million in losses by obtaining inside tips on drug trials from a French physician, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Joseph “Chip” Skowron…

Michael Romansky is Washington counsel for the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society.

Urologist Clay Lyddane, MD, PhD, has joined the urology department at Via Christi Clinic in Murdock, Kan., according to a KAKE report.

When forming a new ambulatory surgery center, there are several common mistakes physician-partners make that are easily avoidable. Tom Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of MedHQ, discusses the solutions to three of these mistakes.

A payor has awarded a deceased patient’s wife a $1 million settlement from it concluded the physician’s absence during the patient’s procedure contributed to his death, according to an Orlando Sentinel report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…

Here are 10 reports about companies serving the ambulatory surgery center industry that recently announced changes to their leadership teams.

Three physicians have spoken out about medical errors they have committed during their career in efforts to change the culture of shame and depression that is often associated with medical errors, according to an American Medical News report.

Healthcare reform, the debt crisis and the continual regulatory changes that characterize the healthcare and life sciences industries have created certain shifts in the prospects of healthcare investments. This article briefly outlines 13 areas within healthcare in which private equity…

The FDA has released a draft guidance clarifying how benefit-risk determinations are made during premarket review of certain medical devices, according to an FDA news release.

Results of a new study could help researchers predict age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the Archives of Ophthalmology.