The Pennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Association recently published an update on the state's government affairs and plans for next year.
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According to a report from the Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending this past October, healthcare prices were only 0.9 percent higher compared with October 2012, the lowest growth rate recorded since 1960.
Assembly Bill 139, now Wisconsin Act 111, changes the language regarding the state's informed consent laws, clarifying physicians' obligations are limited to disclosing just the alternative treatment options he or she believes to be medically reasonable alternatives for the patient's…
Data from the AMA Physician Masterfile and was presented in the Association of American Medical Colleges' 2013 State Physician Workforce Data Book shows the top 10 states for physician retention:
According to a blog post by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Microsoft Office Division President Kurt DelBene will take over leading and managing HealthCare.gov.
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In a Medscape Business of Medicine report, Leigh Page, a freelance healthcare writer in Chicago, discusses ways in which physicians can earn extra income.
The Ohio Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers selected Cheryl Cunningham, RN, administrator of the Findlay Surgery Center, as chair of the association for a two-year period, according to an OAASC report.
An article in the Sioux City Journal recently featured Joe Morris, MD, a general surgeon at Piece Street Same Day Surgery in Sioux City, Iowa, discussing the use of Exparel pain medication.
Hummelstown, Pa.-based New Era Orthopaedics announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with France-based medical device manufacturer NeoSteo SAS.
The global catheters market was worth $20.4 billion in 2011 and is further expected to reach $33.3 billion by 2017, according to a report released by Transparency Market Research.