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ECA Medical Instruments will be at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting at Booth 5656 with an implant product line designed for both hospitals and ambulatory surgery center settings.

In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the most dramatic overhaul to U.S. healthcare law in more than a generation. The law’s passage came after decades of proposals by both parties attempting to…

Devin Nunes (R-CA) and John Larson (D-CT) introduced the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2015, which fixes the law allowing CMS to use different inflation measures for ASCs and hospital outpatient programs when settling rates. The bill…

The number of medical malpractice suits in Wisconsin dropped from 140 in 2013 to 84 in 2014, according to a LaCrosse Tribune report.

Urologix named Scott M. Madson CFO, effective April 1.

There were significant reductions in healthcare-associated infections reported at the national level in 2013, according to The National and State Healthcare-Associated Infections Progress Report published earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control.

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for March 23, 2015.

As a 'precautionary measure,' a Santa Barbara woman who was being monitored for Ebola was taken to an undisclosed Los Angeles area hospital Sunday night after displaying fever and illness, reports ABC 7.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CT Overview:  Controlling health insurance costs is one of the most challenging issues today for business leaders. The latest cost-reduction strategies from MedHQ can help healthcare businesses lower their annual…

A new study from South Korea in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests most patients are willing to remind their healthcare provider, which prompted Reuters to report today that in fact, physicians and nurses do not like the idea…