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Indianapolis-based IU Health announced a new partnership between IU Health Bloomington (Ind.) and Bloomington-based Monroe County YMCA for orthopedic services, sports medicine and other services.

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Danny Bundren, CPA, JD, Vice President of Development/Operations at Symbion, and Vickie Arjoyan, administrator of Specialty Surgical of Beverly Hills, will give a presentation titled "How to Profit form Ophthalmology…

Brian Goodman, MD, a pain medicine specialist, has joined Mercy Clinic River Valley in Fort Smith, Ark., according to a Times Record report.

Florida created a prescription drug database designed to monitor prescription drug use and prevent abuse one year ago, but a new report shows that physicians are not using it, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.

Electronic medical records are becoming more common and, in many cases, are perceived by physicians to be improving the quality of care, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation and conducted by Merritt Hawkins.

Section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates additional requirements to and limitations on the whole hospital exception to the Stark Law prohibition on physician referrals to physician-owned hospitals. The PPACA includes an expansion prohibition that prohibits…

Thomas Baumgarten, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine and arthroscopy specialist with Piedmont Orthopaedic Associates in Greenville, S.C.

Atlanta-based Interventional Management Services has announced its partner practice, The Interventional Spine & Pain Management Center, has been nominated for the "Top Workplaces in Atlanta" award by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Donald Sheridan, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Scottsdale, Ariz., will perform surgery on Red Sox Dustin Pedroia's pinky finger, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko underwent wrist surgery, according to an MLB report.