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The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement has released new benchmarking data on four common outpatient procedures: cataract surgery, colonoscopy, knee arthroscopy and low back injection for pain management.

Irvine, Calif.-based Hoag Orthopedic Institute opened in November 2010 through a partnership between Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., and a group of local orthopedic physicians. Now, the hospital has nearly 80 orthopedic surgeons and more than 320…

Here are 17 orthopedic surgeries performed on professional athletes.

Fred Davis, tight end for the Washington Redskins, will undergo foot surgery, according to a Washington Post report.

On Oct. 6, 2012, the New England Compounding Center issued a voluntary recall of all products after it distributed a contaminated steroid injection to several practices, resulting in numerous cases of meningitis. Since then a nationwide outbreak of meningitis has…

Kentucky Society of Interventional Pain Physicians plans to hold a meeting for primary care and specialist physicians about using controlled substances to manage pain, according to the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center recently launched an interdisciplinary pain center which affords soldiers alternative treatment for back pain, according to a report from The Augusta Chronicle.

Here are four tips for ambulatory surgery centers to maximize reimbursement on ophthalmology cases.

Dallas Mavericks team physician T.O. Souryal, MD, of Texas Sports Medicine, has performed knee surgery on Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki, according to a Dallas News report.

Juan Carlos Galvez Vargas, MD, has joined Apex Medical Group in Los Banos, Calif., according to a Los Banos Enterprise report.