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The former CEO and president of Archbold Medical Center in Thomasville, Ga., is currently on trial for allegedly committing Medicaid fraud, according to a WCTV news report.

An Orlando, Fla., cardiologist has been indicted for his facilitation in a scheme to submit millions of dollars in settlement claims to a pharmaceutical company's trust, according to a Bloomberg report.

Here are four areas ASC administrators, owners or materials managers should target for greater savings at their facilities.

The following letter was sent by Nick C. Benton, MD, of Corvallis (Ore.) Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center.   Dear Mr. Becker,   As a surgeon and director of a physician group-owned surgery center, I enjoy your newsletter. In an article…

Websites are very important business and marketing tools for surgery centers, says Bill Rabourn, founder and managing principal of Medical Consulting Group, and many ASCs are designing sites easily accessible for their patients. "We suggest that surgical centers have an…

The incidence of several types of chronic and acute pain will increase significantly over the next few years, driving growth in transdermal pain products to reach $9.2 billion in 2015, according to a study by Greystone Research Associates.

In 2000, the FDA began to view and regulate all companies reprocessing single-use medical devices in the same way it viewed and regulated original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Before returning reprocessed devices to providers for use, these reprocessors must conduct studies…

Here are four ways ASCs can involve their physicians in cutting supply costs and contributing to the financial health of the center.

The Joint Commission today launched a new website that improves access to information about healthcare quality and safety, according to a Joint Commission news release.

A proposed medical office building developed by Lorain, Ohio-based Mercy Regional Medical Center (formerly Community Regional Medical Center) would include an ambulatory surgery center, according to a report from The Sun News published on www.Cleveland.com.