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United Surgical Partners International (USPI) is a company that specializes in the development and operation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities in the U.S. and the UK. We provide first-class surgical services for local communities and recognize our employees are our number…

The president of Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), a trade association that represents 15 group purchasing organizations, has issued a statement announcing HIGPA's support for President Obama's State of the Union focus on healthcare cost containment.

Jeff Leland is CEO of Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners.   Q: We are an ASC looking to add spine surgery. What spine procedures are typically performed in an ambulatory surgery center?   Jeff Leland: Generally speaking, discectomies, decompressions, laminotomies,…

Eighty-three percent of surveyed patients want a physician to have primary responsibility for their healthcare, according to an AMA study.

United Surgical Partners International is a company that specializes in the development and operation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities in the U.S. and the UK. We provide first-class surgical services for local communities and recognize our employees are our number one…

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests healthcare professionals sometimes improperly or inconsistently use personal protective equipment.

A majority of surgical site infections could be prevented if healthcare professionals followed current evidence-based infection control strategies, according to an article published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

Joseph J. Kubacki, MD, an ophthalmologist from Philadelphia and the former chair of Temple University School of Medicine's ophthalmology department, has been charged with filing false claims, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer news report.

Spine Surgical Innovation has announced the launching of the Minimal Incision-Maximum Sight (MIMS) Institute.

Here are ten big anti-kickback statute cases involving hospitals that made headlines in 2010.