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This is the first in a three-part series on the different stages an ambulatory surgery center goes through when switching to an electronic medical records system. Parts two and three will appear in the November/December issue of Becker's ASC Review…

Starting today, all Medicare-certified ASCs are required to start reporting quality data G-codes as part of the new ASC quality report program, according to an ASCA report.

Medtronic has announced it will acquire China Kanghui Holdings for $816 million, according to a news release.

VBOX has announced it has received FDA approval for its new portable oxygen concentrator, according to a news release.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Kim Woodruff, vice president of corporate finance and compliance at Pinnacle III, will be giving a presentation titled "The Use of Social Media by ASCs and Practices."

The New Albany (Ind.) City Council is considering an amendment to city zoning for pain management clinics that would only allow clinics to open at least 500 feet from residential districts and 1,000 feet from other pain management clinics, according…

The American College of Radiology has published evidence-based guidelines developed by radiologists at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta and Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta for the diagnosis and treatment of low back pain, according to a News Medical report.

Becky Mann is the director of Houston Orthopedic Surgery Center in Warner Robins, Ga. Ms. Mann came to Houston Orthopedic in May 2007 and was involved in the development of the center. Ms. Mann has been working in the medical…

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Stephen Blake, CEO of Central Park ENT & Surgery Center, will be giving a presentation titled "Great Specialties — How to Profit From ENT in ASCs."

Abbott has announced the international launch of a new drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold, according to a news release.