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Bremerton, Wash.-based Harrison Medical Center's planned orthopedic hospital in Silverdale will open in September, according to a report from the Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal.

New quality reporting requirements for ambulatory surgery centers took effect Jan. 1, 2013, requiring ASCs to place quality data G-codes on Medicare claims where Medicare is the primary or secondary payor, according to an ASCA report.

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Hospital and Physician Group, part of The Carle Foundation, has implemented ICNet, an automated infection surveillance system, to improve infection control, according to a news release.

From 1999 to 2009, ambulatory healthcare providers increased the use of several underused quality-related services, but made little progress in decreasing the use of overused services, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine, formerly Archives of Internal Medicine.

The Society of Hospital Medicine offers a free patient/family discharge planning checklist as part of its Clinical Toolbox for Geriatric Care.

Patient navigators can help hospitals reach goals of increased quality and decreased cost, according to a report by the Center for Health Affairs, an association supporting Northeast Ohio hospitals.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has published a six-step roadmap for reducing disparities in healthcare.

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has sent a letter to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services objecting the inclusion of epidural and transforaminal injections to the National Coverage Determination topics list.

Shoreline Surgery Center, part of Porter Health in Portage, Ind., recently received a "community improvement award" from the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce, according to a LaPorte County Life report.

National Pain Institute's South Florida clinics are offering over a dozen fibromyalgia treatments including trigger point injections, IV therapy with Myers Cocktail and membrane stabilizing agents.