Thousands of healthcare workers are testing positive for COVID-19, leaving hospitals and medical groups with critical shortages.
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A 23-clinic pain management practice shut its doors, and independent practices in multiple states closed for good.
Beginning Jan. 1, Kentucky ASCs are required to use a surgical smoke evacuation system during any procedure that generates smoke.
High Plains Surgery Center in Cheyenne, Wyo., reports it's the first ASC in the state to use the newest da Vinci X robot, wyomingnews.com reported Jan. 2.
Beaumont-based Christus Southeast Texas Health System plans to build a "mini-medical campus" to provide healthcare services to residents in Orange, Texas, following the closure of a local hospital, Fox affiliate KFDM reported Dec. 31.
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Here are seven COVID-19 updates from the last week:
CMS updated its policy Dec. 28 requiring healthcare workers in 25 states to receive the COVID-19 vaccine early next year.
Denver-based Vascular Labs of the Rockies has become the first ASC in Colorado to perform a percutaneous coronary intervention.
Covenant High Plains Surgery Center's Quaker Avenue location has earned a Blue Cross Blue Shield distinction for bariatric surgery.