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At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, I. Naya Kehayes, MPH, will give a presentation titled "Assessing the Move and Impact on Profits From Out-of-Network to In-Network."

HHS has delayed the final approval dates for health plans that will be sold through the new insurance exchanges, according to a report fromThe Hill.

Large employers expect their employee healthcare benefit costs to increase by 7 percent on average in 2014, according to a survey by the National Business Group on Health, a nonprofit employer association.

Marina del Rey, Calif.-based DISC Sports & Spine Center announced that it is offering a new, minimally invasive treatment to relieve migraine pain called Neuroaugmentation.

Orthopaedic Specialists of Neenah (Wis.) has joined Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare health system, according to an Appleton Post-Crescent report.

Sidney (Mont.) Health Center has announced that Andrea Barrett, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, will join its medical staff full time, according to a RoundupWeb.com report.

Today, Robert Anderson, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, will perform surgery on the San Francisco Giants outfielder Andres Torres to remove bone spurs located near his left Achilles tendon, according to a SF Giants 101 report.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, industry experts will give a presentation titled "Cost Reduction and Benchmarking: 10 Key Steps to Immediately Improve Profits."

The following are the latest issues that occurred between hospitals, health systems and payers within the past month, starting with the most recent.

Spinal Modulation, a global medical device company, announced the first patient enrollment in its U.S. clinical trial — The ACCURATE Study, a randomized, multi-center, controlled trial that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Axium Neurostimulator System for the…