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CMS will hold a conference call on Oct. 27 to provide information on Medicare provider revalidation requirements.

Data from VMG Health’s 2010 Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker reveals 20 benchmarking statistics for surgery centers with more than four ORs. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on benchmarking statistics for large surgery centers.

The global market for anesthesia equipment is projected to increase 7.4 percent through 2014 largely due to the increased availability of advanced anesthetic equipment, according to a Market Research report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on the…

Surgery simulations that combine psychomotor and cognitive skills training are more effective than simulations that include only psychomotor skills, according to a study published in the American Journal of Surgery.

Covenant Hospital Plainview (Texas) has created a Mammography Salon, according to a Plainview Herald report.

Temple University Health System in Philadelphia and Temple University School of Medicine have opened a lung and orthopedic outpatient office in Oaks, Pa., according to a Patriot-News report.

Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon, Ill., has completed its $16 million expansion, according to a WREX report.

Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, both in Providence, R.I., have merged their open-heart surgery programs, according to a news release by Lifespan, the parent company of both Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals.

The Obama administration has pulled the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports program, a healthcare reform provision that was created to give disabled and elderly patients cash to receive home healthcare rather than institutional healthcare, according to a Reuters report.

Dallas-based hospital operator Tenet Healthcare has unveiled plans to build a $120 million, 80-bed teaching hospital in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., according to a Palm Beach Post report.