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The University of Colorado Health is building a $15 million facility that will house an emergency and surgery center in Greeley, according to the Northern Colorado Business Report.

David C. Watts, MD, the Vice President of Education for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities(AAAASF), discusses five mistakes to avoid when pursuing Medicare accreditation in an ambulatory surgery center.

Melanie Bella, director of CMS' Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, confirmed that the federal agency would keep enrollment for the dual eligibles demonstration project to 2 million people.

Physician recruitment experts provide six tips on drawing physicians to ambulatory surgery centers.

HHS has changed the scheduled dates for four regional forums intended to address questions and concerns from state officials and others about implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to an AHA News Now report.

California Pacific Medical Center has requested and received a two-week postponement for a final decision on the environmental review of its $2.5 billion facility overhaul, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.

Principle Valuation has named Thomas J. Griffith as head of its senior housing division.

Newark-Wayne Community Hospital in Newark, N.Y., has held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new endoscopy suite, according to Messenger Post report.

Dan Rodrigues, CEO of Kareo, discusses how small surgery centers and medical practices can ease the transition to ICD-10. "ICD-10 will have a big impact on the medical reimbursement project and technology is important for that transition," says Mr. Rodrigues.…

Construction on a new Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo in New York could start within the next year, according to a WKBW report.