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Simulated saline puts patients at risk. A training product somehow ended up on supply shelves?

When diets and exercise don't shed the pounds, This device might. Pacemaker-like system targets the nerve that regulates feelings of hunger.

Does price transparency pay off? Utah ASC makes shopping for surgery easy.

Court: GI doc on the hook for $411,000 in damages to former surgical center. Doctor allegedly went behind his partners' backs when he struck a secret referral deal with their corporate partner.

Yorkville Endoscopy to lose CMS accreditation Jan. 31. Clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest cited for numerous failures.

Orthopedic surgeon's license suspended for working under the influence. Scott Strasburger, MD, showed up impaired at a Nebraska surgical hospital.

Whistleblowers: GI docs had "No H&P, no problem" mentality. CRNAs say they were fired after raising safety concerns.

Surgical tech at military center faces allegations of fondling 3 women. Patients say the man inappropriately touched them as they awoke from surgery.

Twenty percent of surgeons didn't wash their hands in bathroom. Danish study observed hand hygiene gap -- at American College of Surgeons' conference.

Severely burned patient sues physicians and hospital. Electrocautery device ignited oxygen that had built up around her face.

The anesthesiologist in Joan Rivers's fatal endoscopy revealed. Renuka Reddy Bankulla, MD, no longer works at Yorkville Endoscopy.

Texas gynecologist accused of sexual misconduct, neglect. Doc accused of medical neglect and having sexual relationships with 4 patients, one of whom he was married to.

What were Outpatient Surgery Magazine's Most popular online stories of 2014? We look back at our 10 most-read news items of the year.

Chinese providers pay steep price for surgical selfies. Chinese hospital administrators demoted, staff members docked 3 months' pay.

Jury decides against doctor who suffered brain damage after surgery. Neurologist claims that anesthesia overdose left her unable to continue working.

Suit accuses physician of lying about coverage, endangering patient. Patient claims surgeon steered her to his ASC, where procedure to remove fetus went awry.

Surgery center office manager admits to stealing more than $150,000. She allegedly used the surgery center's expense accounts to pay for personal expenses.

Feds crack down on insurance fraud scheme. Florida biller's Ohio ASC scammed millions from private payors.

Chief financial officer pleads guilty to soliciting and receiving kickbacks for referrals. Vic Wadhwa faces 5 years in prison for receiving $460,000 in kickbacks from laboratory testing company.

Compounding center officials accused of second-degree murder. Fourteen face charges related to 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.