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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.

Here are 12 ambulatory surgery centers celebrating their 15-year anniversary this year.

On October 25 at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Bobby Sarnevesht, managing partner of Bay Area Surgical Management, Inc., will give a presentation discussing how providers can go from out-of-network to in-network facilities.

Robin Fowler, MD, founder of Atlanta-based Interventional Management Services, was selected for the 2012 Best of Conyers Award in the medical and surgical hospitals category.

D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton, Ala., has partnered with Encore Rehabilitation and the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine to provide sports medicine serves to local high school athletes, according to a Brewton Standard report.

Tim Kremchek, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, performed shoulder surgery on Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Masset, according to an MLB report.

John Uribe, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla., has performed shoulder surgery on Florida Panthers defenseman Erik Gudbranson, according to a HockeyBuzz report.

Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman will undergo a second, season-ending knee surgery, according to an ESPN report.