Oldest practicing nurse turns 90. See co-workers celebrate the indomitable SeeSee Rigney.

Third-party implant billing company ceased operations last week. You'll have to look elsewhere for your orthopedic and spinal implants.

Woman receives $50K from hospital after falling off OR table. The patient was left "severely and permanently injured" after falling and hitting her head.

Clinic manager in hep C outbreak given 366-day sentence. She helped defraud Medicare, private insurers out of millions.

Melissa Rivers speaks out. Joan Rivers' death was "100% preventable." She cites egregious alleged failures in interview.

OR tech accused of molesting male patients. Co-workers at Stanford Health surgery center called police after witnessing "inappropriate touching."

Study: Lack of access to surgery a global crisis. Routine procedures could save millions of lives annually.

Did "sleep attack" cause surgical error? Surgeon with sleep apnea accused of malpractice.

New service ranks surgeons and surgery centers. Exclusive Surgeries Network offers a way for surgeons and centers to connect with patients.

Bill could force facilities to video surgeries. Patients given anesthesia would have the choice.

Hospital to pay $4.25 million after botched and unnecessary bariatric surgery. Judge rules that the woman didn't meet medical standards to undergo the procedure.

Report: Olympus may have known about duodenoscope problem, failed to yell U.S. providers. Scope maker warned European hospitals about potential risks 2 years ago.

Drug mixup leads to tragic consequences. Anesthesiologist mistakenly administered lidocaine instead of Hespan during spine surgery.

Hep C outbreak doc faces additional jail time.

Hospital workers cleared of alleged hate crime. Native American claims the letters were carved into his abdomen during hospitalization for open heart procedure.

Minimize scars, minimize costs. Johns Hopkins researchers say laparoscopic surgery curbs healthcare spending by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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

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.

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.

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