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On Oct. 1, 2012, all Medicare-certified ASCs will be required by the new ASC quality reporting program to report quality data G-codes or face payment cuts from Medicare, according to an ASCA Government Affairs Update report.

Research published in Health Services Research shows the impact of mandatory nurse staffing legislation on quality is unclear.

Several local Wisconsin hospitals will require nurses to hold at least a bachelor's degree, according to a Winona Daily News report.

Eight babies in the neonatal unit at Methodist Hospital of Sacramento (Calif.) were exposed to tuberculosis, although experts don't believe the children will contract the infectious disease, according to a Washington Post report.

Gregory George, MD, PhD is a founding principal of SurgCenter Development, which partners with local physicians to develop and manage ambulatory surgery centers. Under his leadership, SurgCenter Development has developed more than 105 physician-owned ASCs, all of which demonstrate nearly…

Sarah Knievel, MD, a pain management specialist, has joined Mohave Pain Management and Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center, according to a report from The Cerbat Gem.

Millennium Laboratories has announced a pharmacogenetic test to help physicians prescribe opioids more effectively.

The International Association for the Study of Pain's press has published a new book titled "Pain Comorbidities: Understand and Treating the Complex Patient."

Access Scientific has announced it has received FDA clearance for a new peripheral IV catheter, according to a news release (pdf).

Tangent Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for a new IV catheter system, according to a news release.