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Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) introduced HR 3556, which would provide a mechanism for healthcare providers and suppliers to disclose actual and potential violations of the physician self-referral law, according to a release form Rep. McDermott's office.

Dallas-based The Cirrus Group closed a $5 million construction loan to build a surgery center with an anchored medical building in Palestine, Texas, according to a report in The Palestine Herald-Press.

There are many effective and legitimate uses for the Internet. Two of the primary ones are its ability to aggregate and deliver a massive amount of content, and to connect millions of users together regardless of their location or their…

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has unveiled an $856 billion healthcare reform bill that would eliminate the controversial public insurance option in the House Democrats' bill.

Here are the average salaries of healthcare information management professionals in 2008 by credentials held, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals' 2008 Salary Survey.

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that most physicians support a public option for healthcare reform.

Holly Hampe, director of quality and patient safety for Amerinet, a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization, will speak at upcoming events across the country, according to an Amerinet news release.

Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York (Bronx, N.Y.). Ambulatory Surgery Center of Greater New York is a freestanding surgery center dedicated to total eye care — from cataract and glaucoma surgery to refractive surgery and treatment for diabetic retinopathy.…

Here are five case volume statistics about surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, from VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Here are statistics on the 2009 cash compensation earned by health system executives, by job title, according to Integrated Healthcare Strategies' 2009 National Healthcare Leadership Compensation Survey.