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PINNACLE III is a Colorado-based company, just outside of Denver, which provides ASC management and development as well as billing services. Since 1999, PINNACLE III has served multiple clients from single-specialty practices, physician-owned ASCs to multi-specialty joint ventures with hospital…

ASD Management is a privately-held and -funded ASC management and development company. Since its roots in the late 1970s, the firm has developed hundreds of new centers and redeveloped existing centers in 45 states.

Commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a need for pediatric-specific quality measures for infection prevention and treatment, according to a news release.

In a relatively new trend, a small number of physicians are requiring patients to sign waivers agreeing to not share their experience online.

A decrease in demand for outpatient surgery, diagnostic imaging and physician office visits spurred a 20 percent drop in net income for not-for-profit Novant Health in 2010, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

BACK Center, an orthopedic surgeon group in Melbourne, Fla., and its medical director Richard Hynes, MD, are suing Osler Medical in Melbourne for failing to comply in an agreement, according to a Florida Today news report.

Endo Pharmaceuticals' plan to buy out pelvic care company American Medical Systems for $2.9 billion is another step in Endo's quest to become more diversified, according to a report by Bloomberg Businessweek.

Action Products, a manufacturer of pressure relieving support surfaces to prevent pressure ulcers, has announced it is hosting a contest in search of the ultimate "Nurse Angel" to help launch the company's new Angel series of operating room table pads.

HHS plans to invest up to $1 billion in federal funding in a new patient safety initiative called Partnership for Patients, according to an HHS news release.

A federal indictment has accused oral surgeon Gary Morgan Schwarz, DDS, of McAllen, Texas, of bilking Medicaid more than $4 million by billing certain dental procedures under more expensive medical procedure classes, according to a report from The Monitor. The…