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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that approximately 500,000 people were infected with C. difficile in 2011, according to a report by U.S. World & News Report.

The group that guides the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on performance measures for the federal quality reporting program is recommending two new measures for the ASC Quality Reporting Program, according to an ASCA report.

Here are six key observations on healthcare spending from Altarum Institute Center for Sustainable Health Spending's Health Sector Trend Report released in January:

The American Medical Association announced that there are seven recipients of the 2015 Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service.

Xenex, the company behind the Xenon Full Spectrum UV Germ-Zapping Robot, has joined the National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Coalition.

Deciding where to practice is important because many physicians want to establish themselves in the right place to build a successful practice.

You have run the regulatory gauntlet and obtained the necessary approvals to operate an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

According to the Medscape Physician Lifestyle Report 2014, most overweight or obese physicians follow the "typical American diet" while underweight or normal physicians follow a variety of eating patterns. 

Here are 10 recent legislative updates for ambulatory surgery centers.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Safety Program for Ambulatory Surgery Cohort 5 enrollment is open through March 30, according to an ASCA report.