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Archive > January, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 1

Editor's Page

The Year in Review

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

The top two stories of 2007? Easy. Medicare's new ASC payment system and the AAASC-FASA merger. Beginning this month, both of those things will alter the landscape of the ambulatory surgery industry. Here's hoping the transitions are smooth ones, as much is at stake. Lots of other stories made headlines in our magazine last year. Here's a quick review of some notable ones.

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