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Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for October 3, 2013.

Premium rates for health plans offered through state exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be more than 16 percent lower than projected, according to an HHS report.

Nate Silver, perhaps the most well-known statistician of his time, shared a few tips with Harvard Business Review for professionals to develop data literacy, integrate "stat-heads" throughout an organization and maneuver colleagues' resistance to numbers.

Since the beginning of 2012, all but five of the largest 100 metropolitan areas have added healthcare jobs, according to recent research from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International.

In some areas of the country, healthcare makes up a greater percentage of the workforce. In nine states, the sector accounts for more than 15 percent of the total workforce, according to recent CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists International data…

The health insurance exchanges ran into some technical problems during their first day of open enrollment yesterday because of heavier-than-expected Web traffic.

Using both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network and American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program to monitor surgical site infections may hinder quality improvement, according to a commentary in JAMA Surgery.

The Visiting Nurse Associations of America offers the complimentary VNAA Blueprint for Excellence: Pathway to Best Practices to help home healthcare providers improve services.

A Clostridium difficile infection stewardship program increased staff's compliance with management protocols, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

The Los Angeles Endoscopy Center recently launched a campaign designed to promote affordable colonoscopy.