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A new study suggesting that investment in an ASC prompts physician-owners to perform extra surgeries has methodological flaws and jumps to conclusions unsupported by the data, according to a response by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee.

Orthopedic Surgeon Gregory Merle Hansen, MD, recently died at age 59 of a heart attack at his home near Omaha, Neb., according to a report by the Omaha World Herald.

Tri-City Healthcare District is partnering with Surgical Care Affiliates at its North Coast Surgery Center in Oceanside, Calif., according to a news release.

Suresh Chand, of Warren, Mich., was sentenced to 81 months in prison and was ordered to pay $9.77 million in restitution, jointly with co-defendants, for his role in an $18 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a U.S. Justice Department…

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed five new regional directors of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to an HHS news release.

CHICAGO — Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Hospital Review have announced the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare." The 2010 list was developed through nominations, recommendations and research, and the organizations were selected for their demonstrated excellence in creating…

Herb Schultz has been named director for HHS Region IX, which oversees California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and other U.S. possessions in the Pacific, according to a report by the San Francisco Business Times.

The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has found that more ambulatory healthcare centers reported a decrease in demand while fewer reported an increase in demand in two separate surveys given less than a year apart, suggesting that the use of…

UnitedHealth Group, Healthspring, Coventry Health Care and Humana are among the insurers that will receive the same payment rates for 2011 as they did this year for administering Medicare Advantage plans, according to a report in Bloomberg BusinessWeek.

Jatin Patel, owner of Rx Shop, Rajnish Mehta, Satender Singh, Naresh Jain and Sachin Amin have been arrested and charged with fabricating prescriptions and submitting the claims to Medicaid, Medicare and Tricare, according to a report in The Tampa Tribune.