Here are seven COVID-19 updates from the last week:
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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.
ASC administrators hope to move past COVID-19 next year, but the pandemic is far from over. The U.S. hit a new seven-day average record of 267,000 cases Dec. 28, according to The New York Times.
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Prince Frederick, Md.-based CalvertHealth is restricting visitors at its facilities amid COVID-19 spikes, including at its ASC, beginning Dec. 28.
California will require that healthcare workers, including at ASCs, receive a COVID-19 booster, the California Department of Public Health said Dec. 22.
Beginning Jan. 1, many ASCs will have to comply with aspects of the No Surprises Act, a controversial measure aimed to end surprise medical bills for emergency and scheduled care.
The omicron coronavirus variant is now the dominant strain in the U.S., accounting for 73.2 percent of new infections for the week ending Dec. 18.
Several ASCs added to their service lines this year to expand patient care.