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Here are five surgery center leaders on the best ways to keep supply costs down.

Cone Health, based in Greensboro, N.C., plans to submit a new application to develop an ambulatory surgery center at its MedCenter High Point (N.C.) facility, according to a Business Journal report (subscription required for full access).

West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin yesterday signed into law a bill aiming to curb prescription drug abuse in the state, according to a WTAP report. Under the new legislation, patients will be entered into a database within 24 hours…

A new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology reveals that opioid prescriptions for chronic abdominal pain more than doubled between 1997 and 2008, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

A recent study shows that musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders were the most common reasons for medical evaluation (24 percent) among Iraq and Afghanistan service members, and spinal pain was reported by another 7 percent, according to a Pain Medicine…

Here are 15 orthopedic surgeons who are performing procedures for professional athletes.

Quint Studer, founder and CEO of Studer Group, began his career as a special education teacher for 10 years. Mr. Studer entered the healthcare industry in 1984 and said the values of teaching and education carried over to healthcare "very…

In a case pending before the Minnesota Supreme Court, a neurologist is suing a patient's relative for defamation after he published a negative review online, according to a Star Tribune report.

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine announced they will hold their first hands-on skills course for residents and post-resident fellows.

Co-chief of sports medicine and shoulder service at Hospital for Special Surgery and Senior Vice President for educational and academic affairs Laura Robbins participated in the initial phase of opening the first orthopedic specialty hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Mexico.