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A new report shows cases linked to prescription drugs rose from 8 percent of all opiate treatment admissions in 1999 to 33 percent in 2009, according to a release by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The Florida surgeon general has temporarily suspended a requirement in the state's new pill mill law that physicians use new counterfeit-proof prescription pads, according to a report by the Miami Herald.

In new draft guidance, the FDA is proposing to exempt certain diagnostic and radiology devices from premarket notification requirements, according to an FDA release.

A new case study showed that hours for planned medical equipment maintenance could be reduced by using a disciplined, mathematical approach to preventive maintenance, according to a report by HealthImaging.

Two hospitals in San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital and California Pacific Medical Center, have reported outbreaks of C. difficile, according to a San Francisco Examiner news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review about the California C.…

Atlanta radiologist Rajashakher P. Reddy has been found guilty of several fraud charges, including four counts of healthcare fraud, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report. Dr. Reddy operated Reddy Solutions, which provided services to hospitals without full-time radiology coverage. From…

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 (H.R. 2108, S. 1173) has received endorsement from the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society, according to a report from the ASC Association in its…

Authorities confiscated more than 40,000 pills at South Florida pain clinics in the first day of enforcing the state's new ban against dispensing pills in pain clinics, according to a report by Local 10 News.

A laparoscopic system and a bariatric surgery technique are on a new list of seven top clinical innovations expected in the near future, according to a report by MedCity News.

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Access MediQuip has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference, to be held…