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Pacira Pharmaceuticals will acquire Myoscience, a targeted pain therapies company, for up to $220 million, AP News reports.

Here are 17 statistics on procedure, valuation and earnings growth in the expanding ASC market:

A Texas committee said ASCs shouldn't be required to report healthcare-associated infections — at least for now, according to the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society.

The U.S. Defense Health Agency is seeking a contractor for an ASC benchmarking program, according to FedHealthIT.

UPMC Pinnacle Carlisle (Pa.) Outpatient Surgery Center achieved advocacy status within the health system's Journey to Excellence Certificate Program.

After outpatient surgery, adverse events are not more common with postoperative opioid use than without opioid use, according to research published in the American Journal of Surgery.

Business Insider India ranked the top 30 highest-paying jobs in the U.S., with physicians and surgeons taking the first 10 spots.

Given the increasing popularity of ASCs, quality is essential to success. Jeff Brady, MD, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, shared his insights with Becker's ASC Review.

Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III shared three ways ASCs can effectively share policies and procedures with staff.

Providers reported 33 healthcare data breaches in January, according to HIPAA Journal.