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MD Ranger released its physician compensation benchmarks covering hospital payment to physicians for various services, including call coverage, leadership and telemedicine.

Machine learning technology with real-time hand hygiene notification could be a cost-effective way to improve hand hygiene in outpatient settings, according to a study in the Journal of Hospital Infection.

Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Physician Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the industry.

A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll found 51 percent of Americans support a single-payer health plan, while 43 percent oppose it, the Washington Post reports.

ASA Physical Status IV patients can be treated successfully on an outpatient basis, but they're twice as likely as healthier patients to need hospital admissions afterward, according to Anesthesiology News.

Cardiology reported the highest share of ASC cases with hospital visits within 7 days of discharge in 2014 and 2016, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's 2018 report to Congress. 

Here are 10 statistics on ASC net operating revenue and employee salaries from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center won the Intalere Healthcare Achievement Award for its Patient Experience Initiative called "The Way We Work Together," the Record Eagle reports.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is using its outpatient surgery center and accompanying physician offices as a template for a network of suburban facilities, Columbus Business First reports.

Here are 55 statistics on ASC case mix by specialty from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.