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Cigna reached its goal of reducing opioid use among members by 25 percent, more than one year before it expected to hit that target, Forbes reports.

Henderson (Nev.) Hospital installed the Indigo-Clean continuous environment disinfecting operating room light fixtures in its outpatient surgery center.

Fair Health analyzed claim line trends in five service settings, including ASCs, using a national database of billions of privately insured healthcare claims.

A study published in JAMA estimated the processing time and billing and insurance-related costs for patient encounters in five settings.

Nationwide manufacturing issues have shrunk the supply of liquid forms of morphine, fentanyl and Dilaudid, which are injected to control acute pain after surgery, VC Star reports.

A survey of 347 general surgeons who had one or more pregnancies during residency revealed multiple concerns for pregnant surgical residents.

Here are 31 benchmarks for eye surgery and ophthalmology-based ASCs.

Avanza named Robert McDavitt, RN, senior consultant of development and operations.

A new pain management solution is now available at Loveland Surgery Center in Colorado.

Orthopedic surgeon Robert Loeffler, MD, is returning to Allentown, Pa.-based Muhlenberg College, his undergraduate alma mater, to deliver a commencement speech to the graduating class and to receive an honorary doctorate.