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The ASC Association has named William Prentice, currently senior vice president for government and public affairs at the American Dental Association, as its new executive director.

An investigation has been launched over a second unnamed Maryland hospital suspected of unnecessarily using heart stents to treat cardiac patients, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

The Office of the Inspector General has released a report that examines whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reports all of its adverse actions to the Healthcare Integrity Protection Data Bank, as required, according to an OIG report.

Here are 10 statistics about patient visits to hospital outpatient departments in 2007, according to the most recent data set from the CDC's National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Here are 10 stories about pain management in ASCs.

Surgery centers, physicians and group practices are among providers that would be considered "limited" fraud risk providers to government insurances programs, according CMS proposed rule CMS-6028-P.

With increasing competition and tighter margins, it is critical that newer surgery centers establish concrete and measurable goals to help keep the facility on the road to success. Angie Laux, administrator of Bellin Orthopedic Surgery Center in Green Bay, Wis.,…

Managing the size of inventory and costs for equipment and supplies is one of the key ways to ensure your surgery center is at least maintaining, if not increasing, its profits. Here are four best practices for surgery centers to…

The pressure to reduce costs in human resources has never been higher than it is today. Organizations are looking for every opportunity to save money with a preference for lowering non-salary expenses over reductions in staff. A key weapon in…

House Republicans' newly released legislative agenda, "A Pledge to America," includes a call to cancel any unspent money from the economic stimulus program, according to a report by the New York Times.