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Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare and Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health System will both ask the Isle of Wight County board of supervisors to support their applications to build outpatient surgery centers in the county, according to a report in The…

The FDA has commissioned the Institute of Medicine to study the premarket clearance process for medical devices, according to a release from the FDA.

Timothy J. McClure was sworn in as the new deputy director of the Indiana Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, according to a report in Inside Indiana Business.

The Senate Finance Committee worked through issues related to proposed reductions in funding to Medicare during the second day of mark up on the Senate's healthcare reform bill, proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), according to a report in the…

The Harbor Plastic Surgery Center opened in Gig Harbor, Wash., and will concentrate on the treatment of skin cancer, according to a report in The Peninsula Gateway.

Brookside Surgery Center in Battle Creek, Mich., recently hosted an open house to celebrate its 12 years of service, according to a report by the Battle Creek Enquirer.

Seven employees from two different hospitals in Bronx, N.Y., were charged with accepting bribes to steer victims of minor injuries resulting from car crashes to clinics operated Daniel Levy, where they often received "months" of unnecessary care, according to a…

Here are nine companies for surgery centers and hospitals to know.

Properly trained certified surgical first assistants can greatly improve operating room efficiency, physician satisfaction and, most importantly, patient outcome and care, according to Debra Woods, vice president of Your Extra Hands Surgical Services, a Bloomington, Ill.-based management consulting firm. Here,…

For physicians developing new office space or an ASC, one of the biggest decisions can be whether or not to buy or lease the facility.