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A new report conducted by Tripp Umbach, an economic consulting firm, and released by the American Medical Association, American Hospital Association and American Nurses Association, found that up to 766,000 healthcare and related jobs could be lost by 2021 as…

Houston Medical Center in Warner Robins, Ga., is planning a $42 million expansion project that will include more area for pain management, according to a report from The Telegraph.

Tamar Kessel, MD, an interventional physiatrist, has joined Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists in Greenwich, Conn., according to a Connecticut Plus report.

Robert Welti, MD, senior vice president, operations, at Regent Surgical Health, will give a presentation titled "Moving Spine Procedures to ASCs — Key Business and Clinical Issues at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago.

Orthopedic surgeon Aubrey Smith, MD, has been elected to a leadership position at the Austin-based Texas Medical Association, according to Amarillo Globe-News.

David Martin, MD, has performed minor knee surgery on Wake Forest University basketball player Devin Thomas, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.

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.