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An effective ASC infection control program must be robust. It should involve many individuals at the ASC, from staff members all the way up through leadership. It must also include many different policies, procedures and protocols to address aspects of…

Regent Surgical Health has named Bo Hjorth as vice president of business development.

A survey of 200 supply chain leaders by IDN Summit and Expo has found most respondents are concerned about the health reform law's impact on the supply chain and healthcare as a whole, according to a news release from IDN…

Here are the 10 most-read articles in Becker's ASC Review in August.

As the founder of Gateway Surgery Center in Phoenix and an orthopedic surgeon, David Ott, MD, is in a good position to understand how the quality of a surgery center affects clinical care. In an interview with Becker's ASC Review,…

Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota's Republican governor, has issued an executive order rejecting all funds from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform law, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio.

John R. McLean, MD, a cardiologist from Salisbury, Md., has been indicted for allegedly putting unnecessary coronary stents in hundreds of patients and billing private and public payors for the procedures, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

The United States Fifth Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that a health plan violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by refusing payment to a hospital for health services it felt were not "reasonable and customary,"…

Even though CMS continues to delay plans to require ASC quality reporting, ASC organizations on the national and state level have been moving ahead with their own voluntary reporting programs and the industry is encouraging CMS to implement national reporting.

While everyone is worried about stolen laptops or unauthorized access to computer files, who ever thought the hard drive in copying and fax machines could be a potential HIPAA violation?