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Olympus issues new duodenoscope reprocessing instructions. New guidelines focus on problematic elevator channel.

Weather or not. Does severe weather ever scrub your surgical schedule?

244 ASCs will be part of Tenet-USPI joint venture. The Tenet-USPI joint venture will be the largest provider of ambulatory surgery in the United States.

Dentist accused of leaving sedated kids alone. One wandered in the waiting room; the other called his mother.

Sugammadex FDA approval pushed back again. Merck had expected approval to be imminent.

HHS suggests CMS implement site-neutral payments for outpatient surgery. So far, CMS has disagreed with the suggestion to cut hospital payments to ASC rates.

Patient sues, claims she was raped during colonoscopy. No evidence supports these "false claims," says clinic.

Insurer penalized for incomplete colonoscopy coverage. N.Y. investigation found patients on the hook for anesthesia services.

Nurse accused of sodomy in PACU. Recovering patient emerged from anesthesia to the alleged assault.

Patient says CRNA stalked her after surgery. He says she's getting even because he spurned her advances.

Bill seeks to exempt surgery centers from counting toward 50% threshold. Physicians who work in ASCs would avoid Medicare "meaningful use" payment penalties.

Deadly superbug-related scopes sold without FDA approval. FDA: Olympus never obtained permission to sell the duodenoscope connected to 2 superbug deaths.

FDA nixes Exparel as nerve block. Drug maker Pacira vows to continue its quest.

Priest and doc say Brooklyn ASC robbed them blind. Lawsuit claims ASC fleeced doctor and his priest-friend for more than $1 million in unpaid loans.

Man wins $1.8 million after surgeon removes his only remaining testicle. Patient was left sterile and suffers from a testosterone deficiency as a result of the doc's negligence.

New group hopes to rid ORs of surgical smoke. The International Council on Surgical Plume is focused on safety improvements.

Court says no to office-based surgery site's demand for facility fees. By law, only hospitals and licensed surgical centers can collect facility fees.

Tech claims hospital discriminated against her after she started wearing hearing aids. She says she was treated so poorly that she was forced to resign.

Court backs hospital's firing of employee who refused to work with difficult doc. Court dismisses employee's claims of federal employment discrimination and retaliation.

CRE superbug sickens 7, Kills 2 in Los Angeles Hospital. Another 179 patients who underwent routine endoscopies may have been exposed.