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Texas Surgery Center Names New Administrator

The Surgery Center on Soncy in Amarillo, Texas, and Universal Health Services has named Clay Weiss as the new administrator for the center, according to a report in the Amarillo Globe-News.

Best Practices for Maximizing the Efficiency of Pain Management in Your ASC

Amy Mowles, president and CEO of Mowles Medical Practice Management, discusses how surgery centers can improve the overall efficiency of their pain management services by focusing on specific aspects of each case before, during and after the procedure.

5 Simple Best Practices for Hospitals to Become More Efficient

Here are five best practices that any hospital can follow to improve its efficiency.

5 Critical Steps for Building a Successful Clinical Spine Practice From Dr. Bruce McCormack

Bruce McCormack, MD, a neurosurgeon and spine specialist who practices in San Francisco, suggests the following five steps to build a successful spine surgery practice.

Study Finds That Small Gifts Influence Physicians

A study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrated that gifts such as coffee mugs and pens can influence a physician's attitude toward certain medications, according to a report in the New York Times.

WellCare Pays $10M to Settle SEC Probe

Tampa-based WellCare Health Plans agreed to pay $10 million plus interest to resolve an informal Securities and Exchange Commission probe of its accounting practices, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

$8.5M Outpatient Neurosurgery Center Being Built in North Carolina

Greensboro, N.C.-based Moses Cone Health System and physicians from Vanguard Brain and Spine Specialists and Carolina Neurosurgery have joined together to build an $8.5 million outpatient surgery center in Greensboro, according to a report in The Business Journal of the…

Statistics on the Compensation of Physicians

Here is a round-up of statistics on the growth and compensation of physicians.

Statistics on the Distribution of Physicians by Specialty

Here are statistics on the distribution of active physicians in patient care by specialty for 2005, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 citing the American Medical Association's Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the US, 2007.

McGuireWoods Lawyer Leigh B. Middleditch Jr. Organizing Program at 2009 American Bar Association Annual Meeting in Chicago

The formation of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is one of the critical challenges threatening our country. The Senior Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association (ABA) will hold an Oxford-style debate organized by McGuireWoods' lawyer Leigh B. Middleditch, Jr.,…