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Significant income and wealth gaps between primary-care and specialty physicians influence medical students' career choices and have led to a shortage of primary care physicians, according to researchers at Duke University whose findings were published in Health Affairs.

The Department of Health and Human Services launched its data breach information website in February and has since received 64 reported incidences, affecting over 1 million people, according to a report in American Medical News.

Marcy Sasso (Ambulatory Surgical Center of Union County, Union, N.J.). Ms. Sasso is the director of operations at the Ambulatory Surgical Center of Union County in Union, N.J. The multi-specialty center has been open for nine years and offers orthopedics,…

An outpatient surgery center to be built in Lebanon, Tenn., has received certificate-of-need approval from the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency, according to a report in the Nashville Business Journal.

CMS has issued a final rule allowing states to create alternative benefits packages for certain Medicaid populations, according to the Federal Register.

Speaking at the Health Information Technology Conference in Boston, David Blumenthal, MD, national coordinator for health IT, said federal dollars will be devoted to setting up grant programs to encourage students to enter IT careers in the healthcare industry should…

Becky Zigler-Otis (Ambulatory Surgical Center of Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wis.).  Ms. Zigler-Otis is the administrator of the ASC of Stevens Point, which opened in Aug. 2006. The two-OR freestanding, independent center offers surgical specialties including podiatry, orthopedics, general surgery,…

Michelle Warren, RN, BBA (Powder River Surgery Center, Gillette, Wyo.). Ms. Warren is the executive director of Powder River Surgery Center (PRSC) the center opened in Dec. 2003.  The center specializes in orthopedics, spine, pain management, general surgery and ENT…

Kimberly L. Tude Thuot, MAOM, CMPE (Yakima Ambulatory Surgical Center, Yakima, Wash.). Ms. Tude Thuot is the administrator of Yakima Ambulatory Surgical Center, a three-OR, physician-owned, multi-specialty ASC. The center opened in April 1998, and its surgeons specialize in ENT,…

Tona Savoie, RN (Bayou Region Surgical Center, Thibodaux, La.). Ms. Savoie is administrative director of Bayou Region Surgical Center, a multispecialty surgery center that opened in July 2007. The center has four operating rooms and one procedure room. Surgeons at…