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Commercial payers comprise the bulk of ASCs' payer mix, on average, according to VMG's 2017 Multi-Specialty ASC Study Intellimarker.

Ambulatory Surgery Center of Spartanburg (S.C.) installed the Indigo-Clean continuous environment disinfecting operating room light fixtures in its two ORs.

The Joint Commission released sentinel events for 2017 through the second quarter of fiscal year 2017.

Medical Economics details four Current Procedural Terminology codes physicians should use to maximize their reimbursement, when applicable.

As a department of HHS, the National Institutes of Health is the leading medical research agency in the U.S.

Boston-based Harvard University researchers found older physicians had a higher patient mortality rate than their younger counterparts, according to Medical Economics.

More than 8,504 physicians weighed in on the best healthcare facilities for certain treatments in Medscape's recent survey.

Patrick Haley, administrator of Freedom, Calif.-based Central Coast Surgery Center, details what his surgery center staff members do to reduce the probability of wrong-site procedures and infections.

Robert Wears, PhD, an expert dedicated to improving patient safety, died at age 70, according to The Florida Times-Union.

A study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, found that providers do not clean their stethoscope between patient encounters, although it contributes to infection prevention.