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Over the past few years, there has been a growing trends of ASCs being operated as HOPDs. As we move through 2010, this trend toward HOPD ASCs continues.

National Medical Billing Services in Wildwood, Mo., specializes in providing billing and coding services to freestanding ASCs across the country. The company's over 50 employees, led by Lisa Rock, president and CEO, say that NMBS has provided a great culture…

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Sec. Kathleen Sebelius has appointed five new regional directors of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to an HHS news release.

CHICAGO — Becker's ASC Review and Becker's Hospital Review have announced the "100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare." The 2010 list was developed through nominations, recommendations and research, and the organizations were selected for their demonstrated excellence in creating…

South Florida Baptist Hospital, in Plant City, Fla., has broken ground on a $4.5 million center for heart and vascular services, according to a report in the Plant City Courier-Tribune.

South Jersey Healthcare is about to open a $12 million regional cancer center that is three times the size of the old facility, according to a report by the Daily Journal.

The American Medical Association has been in existence for 162 years now, making it the oldest trade association in the nation, but this organization doesn't have a clue anymore as to what a trade association is about.

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach finished 2009 with a net operating surplus for the first time in 12 years, according to a report by the Miami Herald.

Hospitals that treat high volumes of patients with heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia tend to have better outcomes than those that see fewer such cases, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

LifePoint Hospital's Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville, Ky., has acquired Ohio Valley Heart, according to a report by the Ledger Independent.