Even with a falling unemployment rate, U.S. companies are still laying off workers.
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Southpoint Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Fla., a 34,029-square-foot medical center with a large ASC, has been sold to REIT healthcare for just over $18.5 million.
Geisinger and two more hospitals and health systems that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 2:
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic-spurred economic downturn, many ASCS are looking to the 2008 recession as a blueprint for rebounding and growing.
A jury found that an Abingdon, Md.-based pain physician was not liable in the death of a patient who was injected with a contaminated steroid during a procedure at an ASC, The Daily Record reported Aug. 10.
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Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reported a net loss of $1.3 billion for the second quarter of this year.
About 528,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in July, nearly doubling economist projections, and bringing the unemployment rate down to 3.5 percent.
From pediatric complexes to $80 million outpatient facilities, new ASCs are popping up every month.
The demand for ASCs from hospitals and health systems continued to grow over the past few years, according to a national survey by Avanza Healthcare Strategies.
ASCs are becoming increasingly popular with hospitals and health systems as more than 6 in 10 plan to increase their investments in ASCs, according to a national survey by Avanza Healthcare Strategies.