Omaha-based Nebraska Medical Center will limit surgeries and expand its ASC capacity amid spiking COVID-19 cases, local ABC affiliate KETV7 reported Dec. 7.
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Nandi Franklin, a nursing student and surgical technician at Laurel (Ga.) Surgery and Endoscopy Center, died in a hit-and-run crash, according to a Dec. 6 report by The Laurel Leader-Call.
Hospitals in New York are limiting nonessential, nonurgent procedures based on guidance from Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state's health department as COVID-19 hospitalizations tick up in some areas.
In April 2020, Medicare spending at ASCs dipped 90 percent, the lowest among any healthcare setting, according to a Dec. 2 report from the American Medical Association.
Pleasant Prairie, Wis.-based Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital has renamed its outpatient surgery center the Richard and Gayle Schmidt Surgery Center, Kenosha News reported Dec. 4.
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A former anesthesiologist on Dec. 3 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter of an orthopedist who had surgery at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2017, according to NBC Los Angeles.
Healthcare providers spoke with Becker's on a number of topics this week, including the largest disrupters in the industry, private equity and lessons from the year.
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Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center now offers robot-assisted total knee replacement surgery, the center said Dec. 2.