ASC News

When one thinks of the future, flying cars and living on Mars may come to mind. But what does the future hold for ASCs? 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is forming an ambulatory surgery division within its ambulatory enterprise, which is currently responsible for 70 percent of Vanderbilt's annual surgical volume. 

Portland, Maine-based InterMed plans to relocate its downtown Portland ASC to Scarborough, Maine, to a facility that is one-third larger than its existing location, according to an Aug. 17 report from Mainebiz. 

Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implant, 1 stage, was the most common outpatient surgery performed at ASCs in 2022, according to an Aug. 4 blog post from Definitive Healthcare. 

The Connecticut state medical board has fined Middletown-based internist Wayne Franco, MD, $2,000 and restricted his practice for prescribing painkillers improperly, the Hartford Courant reported Aug. 15. 

Hospital admissions related to COVID-19 have risen for the fifth consecutive week — including by 14.3 percent in the past week — and deaths have risen by 10 percent, according to data from the CDC.

A physician, pharmacist and pharmacy technician who are all based in Michigan were charged for their alleged roles in a more than $7 million fraud scheme. 

Outpatient care centers is the second top-paying industry for surgeons, offering over $25,000 more than that mean annual wage.

More than 134,000 people enrolled or formerly enrolled in certain Massachusetts state programs had personal information, including medical details and financial data, compromised in a data breach involving a file transfer program used by Boston-based UMass Chan Medical School, according…

Since 2009, there have been 5,553 healthcare data breaches reported by organizations, according to an Aug. 16 report from VPN services company Surfshark.