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Ambulatory surgery centers in Iowa and Pennsylvania recently received visits by members of the House and Senate, according to a report from the ASC Association in its ASCA Government Affairs Update.

Jeremy Hogue, CEO of Sovereign Healthcare, an ambulatory surgery center management company based in Mission Viejo, Calif., offers seven points on how ASCs should deal with accountable care organizations..

Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Sam Donaldson, 44-year ABC News veteran, as a keynote speaker at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers…

Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced its new ProFormance Cleaning Verification Products comply with AAMI and AORN guidelines.

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Tampa Bay (Fla.) Endoscopy Center has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Medical device companies are pressing the FDA to speed up its review process before it is given reauthorization to collect user fees in 2012, according to a report by MedCity.

Shortages of isotopes in the past two years have prompted imaging facilities to turn to other technologies that use fewer isotopes, such as single-photon emission computed tomography and hybrids like SPECT/CT, according to a report by DOTmed.

Recent opioid-related killings at a Long Island pharmacy underscore the refusal of another Long Island pharmacy to dispense any oxycodone products since last year, according to a report by Newsday.

A U.S. House report on the military’s 2012 budget stated that 14 percent of U.S. soldiers had been prescribed an opioid painkiller, with oxycodone accounting for 95 percent of those prescriptions, according to a report by the Daily.