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Utah Senate Pres. Michael Waddoups applauded the efforts of ASCs during a presentation before the Utah Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, according to a news release from the ASC Association.

CIGNA Corp. plans to launch new technology called the CIGNA Cost of Care Estimator in Spring 2009, according to a CIGNA news release.

Selling equity in your surgery center is a big deal (no pun intended). First, you will be living with your new partner(s) for a very long time. If your new partner is a for-profit corporation, there could be significant changes…

The California Department of Insurance announced that Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Co. agreed to reinstate policies to 2,330 consumers whose coverage was rescinded between 2004 and 2008 without their consent, according to a Department of Insurance news…

Here is an analysis of the average staff hourly wages and the administrator's salary in an ASC by facility size, as determined by the number of operating rooms, according to the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker.

Black Hills Surgery Center, a physician-owned hospital in Rapid City, S.D., is planning a 17,000-square-foot expansion, according to a Rapid City Journal report.

A new study found that wages for RNs increased faster in Californian metropolitan areas than in other states due to legislation that mandated minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, according to a Project HOPE news release.

The 360,000-square-foot Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center in Redwood City, Calif., will open Feb. 17, according to the facility's Web site.

The law firm of McGuireWoods has been ranked as the sixth largest healthcare firm in the country, according to the American Health Lawyers Association.

Leopardo Construction, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill., has announced the completion of DuPage Medical Group's new Glen Ellyn (Ill.) Clinic.