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The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has released new guidelines for opioid prescription to chronic non-cancer pain patients, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

Recruiting top-level employees is a challenge in any business, but will be especially important for surgery centers in a changing healthcare environment.

Physician recruitment and retention is a crucial part of ASC profitability, but holding onto physicians can be difficult as markets become more saturated and facilities compete for case volume. Here Robert Carrera, president of Pinnacle III, a management and development…

Mountain View Regional Hospital in Casper, Wyo., has opened a new neuro and spine clinic, Central Wyoming Neurosurgery in Cheyenne, according to the Wyoming News.

Scott Luallin, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Carondelet Orthopaedic Surgeons in Overland Park, Kan., will perform knee surgery on Sporting Kansas City forward Teal Bunbury, according to an ESPN report.

Altru Health System, based in Grand Forks, N.D., has pledged $10 million to the University of North Dakota as part of an ongoing sports medicine partnership.

F. Clarke Holmes, MD, has opened Impact Sports Medicine and Orthopedics in Nashville, Tenn., according to the Tennessean.

A new study from Allied Anesthesia and Children's Hospital of Orange County examines the impact of administering narcotics to pediatric pain patients.

New York Pain Consultants and North Shore-LIJ Southside Hospital announced plans to expand the comprehensive outpatient interventional pain management services at Southside Hospital.

Here is a list of 10 ASC industry leaders to know.