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Henry Ford Medical Center-Ford Road in Dearborn, Mich., has opened a pain center, according to a Dearborn Press and Guide report.

By Sept. 23, hospitals and physicians must comply with the HIPAA omnibus final rule, which strengthens patient privacy protections and provides patients with new rights to their protected health information.

Meridian Surgical Partners selected Medline as its primary distribution partner for medical and surgical supplies.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Paul Cadorette, CPC, CPC-H-ORTHO, CPC-P-ASC, will give a presentation titled "Key Strategies for Billing and Coding."

La Peer health Systems' Joint Surgery Center of Excellence, an outpatient surgical center in Beverly Hills, Calif., now includes partial knee replacement.

Surgeons are now performing minimally invasive hip replacement procedures at the Hip Surgery Center of Excellence in Beverly Hills.

Morrisville, Pa.-based Small Bone Innovations launched a new website for patients and surgeons to gain access to surgical and non-surgical treatment options for Charcot foot or neuropathic arthropathy.

Medtronic has purchased disease management and patient monitoring firm Cardiocom for $200M, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

"At the heart of improvement is small testing for change," says Julie Kliger, MPA, BSN, RN, founder and principal of The Altos Group. Ms. Kliger has learned the value of conducting small tests of change as a leader of quality…

The Surgery Center Coalition will hold its 10th anniversary conference on Sept. 10 in Somerset, N.J., bringing together representatives from the New Jersey Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Accreditation Association for…