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	Archive > April, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 4

Legal Update

Is Your Facility Environmentally Compliant?

Edward Callaway, JD

You may not see your facility as a waste generator, but if you have an incinerator or lab on site, discharge fluid waste into the municipal sewer or ship out red bag waste, you are — and you likely face regulation by local, state or federal authorities over these and other processes.

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Legal/Regulatory

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES

Product & Service Showcase
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Professional Services Platinum Pages
A guide of people and companies to help make your facility better.

Products In This Issue

	Spinal innovation. Spine Surgical Innovation

	Crafted by Storz. Bausch & Lomb Surgical

	A cost effective table. Oakworks

	For absolute confidence. Gastrocor

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She Said, He Said in Texas Pain Clinic Sexual Harassment Suit

Receptionist alleges anesthesiologist groped her at a holiday party.

Class Action: United Health, Ingenix Systematically Underpaid Out-of-Network ASCs

Lawsuit challenges use of Ingenix Database to set reimbursement rates for ASCs’ out-of-network insurance claims.

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