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ASC industry leaders identify and discuss 10 watershed trends for ASCs over the past 25 years.

Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo. has selected its ProVation MD software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding.

Here are the 10 largest settlements paid by pharmaceutical companies in 2010.

Northstar Healthcare, an owner and manager of ASCs, has announced that Donald Kramer, MD, the founder and first CEO of the company, is rejoining Northstar as its CEO.

Following GlaxoSmithKline's agreement to pay $750 million to settle a fraud lawsuit against the company, federal investigators are now hoping to see if any action can be taken against its executive leaders, according to a New York Times news report.

Healthcare fraud charges that were pending against a Poplar Bluff, Mo., family practitioner are now being dropped following the accused physician's death earlier this month, according to a Daily American Republic news report.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is placing greater pressure on healthcare professionals to recognize the link between surgical attire and infection prevention, according to an AORN Connections report.

A federal court has denied Sumter, S.C.-based Tuomey Hospital's appeal to halt a trial based on allegations the hospital submitted hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to a news report by The Herald.

Renaissance Surgical Arts at Newport Harbor in Costa Mesa, Calif., has celebrated its official grand opening, according to a news release.

A new ASC for Saint Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, Ind., has broken ground, according to a report by the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana.