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Covidien has announced it has received FDA clearance for its LigaSure curved, small jaw, open sealer/divider surgical instrument to be used in ENT procedures, according to a news release.

Precision Spine has announced its subsidiary, Spinal USA, has received FDA clearance for a new anterior cervical plate system, according to a news release.

Here are 12 leaders within the surgery center industry to know.

Access MediQuip has partnered with Aetna to manage the supplying, billing and benefit coordination of surgical implants across the country.

Following an American Hospital Association briefing on policy developments, hospital leaders implored lawmakers to stop funding cuts that would impede patient access to healthcare, according to an AHA News Now report.

A House subcommittee has approved the Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act, which would boost CMS' enforcement of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, according to an AHA News Now report.

A continuously learning healthcare system — one that optimizes the use of data to constantly improve care — is within reach, but demands significant commitment and change, according to a report by the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Learning…

The Drug Enforcement Administration has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day for late September, which provides people with the ability to safely dispose of unwanted and unused prescription drugs.

New York Pain Consultants has been selected to partner with Medtronic to provide other physicians on neurostimulation therapies and intrathecal drug delivery therapies.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act saved consumers roughly $2.1 billion last year in discounted premiums due to several of the law's provisions, according to an HHS report.