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8-Year-old boy makes history with bilateral hand transplant surgery.

Unlabeled meds lead to $5.1M verdict. Local anesthetic switch left patient with brain damage.

ASC Employee Who Sent Confidential E-mails to Her Home Convicted of Computer Fraud

Robotic surgery linked to 144 patient deaths over 13-year timespan. FDA documents show more than 10,000 reported robotic surgery problems between 2000 and 2013.

Patient sues hospital after surgical lights allegedly cause severe burns. This is the second lawsuit that claims an Oregon hospital's unfiltered halogen bulbs left patients with third-degree burns.

15 surgeons, 17 hospitals accused of using fake spinal hardware. Insurance companies in California have filed a civil complaint.

Nation's largest anesthesia billing company under healthcare fraud investigation. OIG executed federal search warrant amid healthcare fraud allegations at anesthesia billing and collections company.

House bill would intensify medical device monitoring. Sponsor cites power morcellator controversy.

Suspect wheeled $48,000 bed right out of Florida hospital. Thief struck with surgical precision during daring daytime heist caught on video.

Joan Rivers's docs proclaim innocence.No selfies, no fleeing: Multiple charges in malpractice suit denied.

Examining Exparel's effectiveness at controlling post-op pain. Does a pricier formulation of a traditional pain control medication deliver on its promises?

CMS to bundle payments for total knees and hips. Pilot initiative would cover 75 areas, beginning next year.

Study: Surgical plume may present an infection risk.

Patient claims surgeon's bare hands responsible for post-op infection. Woman loses suit that alleged doctor used ungloved hand to drain fluid from her breast following surgery.

CMS announces outpatient rates for 2016. ASCs see small uptick, hospital rates fall slightly.

Patient says she was bullied into signing consent form. She'd repeatedly insisted she didn't want a hysterectomy.

Connecticut provider tax could force centers to close across state. A 6% provider tax included in the state's new budget could force more than a dozen centers to shut down.

Insufficient evidence to link nail polish, rings to SSIs. New study suggests more research is needed to determine if nail polish and rings impact infection rates.

Colonoscopy patient's cell phone records doctor's insults. Jury: Anesthesiologist defamed unconscious patient during procedure-room conversation and must pay $500,000.

Florida skin-cancer doc agrees to pay feds $4 million. He's accused of performing unnecessary procedures and fabricating others.