ASC News

A mix of staffing shortages, recruitment challenges and financial pressures has fueled a wave of healthcare closures in Maine, with six practices and clinics shuttering or announcing plans to close in the last six months. Healthcare providers across Maine have…

ThedaCare Physicians-Weyauwega (Wis.) will permanently close on June 30, WBAY reported March 3.  Kori Krueger, MD, ThedaCare senior vice president and president of the North Region Physician Group, said in a statement that the closure is part of the organization’s ongoing…

The laws and regulations surrounding noncompete agreements are rapidly becoming one of the most consequential, and contested, issues in physician employment.  With a national ban on noncompete agreements virtually out of the question under the current FTC leadership, numerous states…

Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has reopened the third-floor clinical space at its Glenview (Ill.) Outpatient Center following a multiyear project to modernize facilities and expand specialty care access across Chicago’s North Shore region. The newly expanded floor increases access to specialty services and…

A bill that would ban employee noncompetes and related repayment agreements awaits signature from Governor Bob Ferguson, Bloomberg Law reported March 10.  The legislation would replace Washington’s current income-based restrictions surrounding noncompete agreements. Current statue declares noncompete void and unenforceable…

Compass Surgical Partners, Baptist Health and Coastal Health have partnered with local physicians to operate an ASC in Jacksonville, Fla. The organizations have taken ownership of Middleburg Surgery Center, a 5,500-square-foot facility with two operating rooms, according to a March…

Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia are partnering to expand patient access in the state. Under the partnership, Anthem members will have access to AOC’s services including ASCs, urgent care centers, imaging and outpatient…

Houston-based Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center has begun clinical use of GE HealthCare’s Allia Moveo imaging platform, becoming the first hospital in the U.S. to install the system. The technology is used in hybrid operating rooms and supports complex minimally…

Surgeons from the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery will meet with lawmakers on Capitol Hill March 11 to advocate for policies aimed at protecting patient access to care. The group’s members will discuss several legislative priorities during the…

For years, I thought the biggest constraint in our orthopedic practice was capacity. I was wrong. Imagine it’s Sunday afternoon, and you’re sitting in the ER with your mother, who fell walking down the stairs. The physician tells you she…