Legal Update: Medicare Shifts Its Stance on Total Knees. CMS will cover TKA in hospital outpatient departments, but not in ASCs.

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Tools for difficult colonoscopies. Help your doctors see more clearly and move more easily through the colon with the latest scopes and add-ons.

Behind closed doors: Surgery for Santa. I'm pretty sure I saw St. Nick in the OR the night before Christmas.

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The aches and pains of laparoscopy. Minimally invasive surgery can be a major pain in the neck (and back, shoulders and wrists) for your surgeons.

How we negotiated our own bundled payments for total joints. These surgeons saw the coming of same-day joints and value-based payments.

Take a closer look at ophthalmic compounded drugs. Here's what you can do to ensure the sterility, potency and purity of the outsourced injections you use in your facility.

Is it time to serilize endoscopes? A much-needed higher standard may be on the horizon.

Safety: Inside our near-miss wrong-site surgery. Lessons learned from almost implanting the wrong IOL.

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6 things you might not know about patient warming. A look at the not-so-obvious details of hypothermia prevention.

Thinking of buying ... spinal surgery tables. What to look for if you're adding or expanding spine surgery services.

Editor's page: Are your surgeons suffering in silence? The wear and tear of laparoscopy will take its toll on your doctors.

Staffing: Should you hire new grads or veteran RNs? Pros and cons of hiring nurses with varying degrees of experience.

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