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Healthcare Trust of America has assumed leasing and management of its portfolio of outpatient surgery centers in central Indiana, according to an Indianapolis Business Journal report.

Regulations introduced by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health would severely limit the ability of ASCs to provide care, according to an editorial by Linda Rahm, president of the Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers and administrator of Pioneer Valley…

Gastroenterologist Khaled K. Nour, MD, has joined Athens (Ga.) Gastroenterology Center, according to an Athens Banner-Herald report.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the death of a patient who underwent Lap-Band weight loss surgery at a West Hills outpatient surgery center last year, according to an LA Times report.

A lack of enforcement of California's prescription drug monitoring database has prevented the system from curbing the state's growing prescription drug abuse problem, according to a New York Times report.

A new pain management clinic will open April 16 at the Park Plaza Simi Valley Medical and Professional Center, according to the Ventura County Star.

HHS released a proposed rule (pdf) today that would postpone the compliance date of ICD-10 from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.

Robert Anderson, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with a focus on ankle and foot surgery, performed ankle surgery on Denver Broncos tight end Julius Thomas, according to a report from The Denver Post.

John Wright, MD, an orthopedic surgeon, has opened his practice, Wright Orthopaedic Surgery, with The Physician Network at the Good Samaritan Specialist Clinic in Lincoln, Neb.

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