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High payment cuts from the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program will affect large hospitals, teaching hospitals and safety-net hospitals more than their counterparts, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The surgeons of 3B Orthopaedics have become employees of Aria Health, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.

Ralph Venuto, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Newport Beach, Calif., is celebrating 38 years in private practice.

Here are 28 survey findings on members of the American Medical Group Association and their current status in accountable care business ventures.

The A1 medical/surgical unit at Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati reduced its fall rate from 10 falls per 1,000 patient days to two falls per 1,000 patient days over three years through a quality improvement program called Transforming Care at…

Communities that implemented Medicare Quality Improvement Organization-led initiatives reduced the number of all-cause 30-day rehospitalizations and all-cause hospitalizations more than communities that did not have the initiatives, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society has appointed Tony German as its executive director.

Hocking Valley Community Hospital in Logan, Ohio, will open a pain clinic in February, according to a Logan Daily News report.

Shazia Siddiqui, MD, a pain management specialist and anesthesiologist, will open Lafayette (Ind.) Pain Care in February 2013, according to a Journal and Courier Online report.  

Pioneer Surgical Technology's Tritium Sternal Cable Plating System was used to close median sternotomies during an open heart procedure.