From ASC openings to new service lines, here are seven recent ASC moves in California:
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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.
One Medical Passport and Mnet Health announced the winner of the 2021 Ambulatory Surgery Everyday Heroes award, according to a Dec. 2 news release.
St. Luke's Surgical Center in Tarpon Springs, Fla., is being sued by a patient who lost her eye to a fungal infection after one of its surgeons, Brandon Rodriguez, MD, performed a cornea transplant, Tampa Free Press reported Dec. 1.
California officials confirmed that a recent case of COVID-19 was caused by the omicron coronavirus variant — the first known case detected in the U.S. The individual returned from South Africa Nov. 22.
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In the past month, an ASC physician-owner and a former ASC CEO both announced that they will be running for political office in 2022.
ASC administrators worried about a staffing shortage when the COVID-19 vaccination mandate hit Dec. 6 can breathe a sigh of relief, for now. A federal judge issued an injunction to temporarily stop the CMS mandate for healthcare workers to be…
A new list by Medscape is showing where physicians should head for winter vacations.
The Leapfrog Group, a quality and patient safety watchdog, assessed ASCs for quality standards across performance indicators including staffing, patient experience, hand hygiene, surgical checklist protocols and error prevention.
Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group, parent company of physician group Optum Health, has exceeded 60,000 employed or aligned physicians, according to notes from a Nov. 30 investor presentation.