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Accountable care organizations have become increasingly popular with the switch from fee for service to pay for performance, and the number of commercial and government ACOs continues to grow.

DHG Healthcare, a company that provides advisory and accounting services to the healthcare community, has released a report detailing challenges in developing a clinically integrated network.

Approximately 10.3 million American adults gained health insurance coverage between January 2012 and June 2014, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colo., has released a free e-book called "Are You Prepared to Identify and Prevent the Three Infections That Make Up Two-Thirds of All Healthcare Associated Infections?"

Thursday, October 9, 2014 | 1:15 – 2:15 CDT Among the most powerful quality interventions is the surgical checklist. Checklists are useful in many situations and can have an extraordinary impact on patient safety in the ASC. Join Surgical Care…

Here are five ambulatory surgery center leaders who have recently taken on new roles or received industry recognition.

Steve Clareen, Business Unit Manager at DePuy Synthes Select, a part of DePuy Synthes, discusses the advancements in technology that are allowing ambulatory surgery centers to bring in higher acuity cases.

CMS is making available a tool to assist ambulatory surgery centers in locating their CMS certification number to complete the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network registration process.

Here are four common mistakes that ambulatory surgery centers make when choosing and working with their business advisors, according to David B. Mandell, JD, MBA, and Jason M. O'Dell, MS, CWM, in an abeo blog post:

In an in2itive blog post, Summer Phillips, part of in2itive's revenue cycle and clinic management team, discusses corporate compliance committees and why hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers should seriously consider establishing one.