Acquisitions of healthcare real estate such as ASCs and medical office buildings are on the rise again after a brief lull at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
Hospitals nationwide are again delaying nonurgent surgeries amid rising COVID-19 cases and the global spread of the omicron variant.
Physician Partners of America will add a spinal cord stimulation system to its offices to help patients with painful diabetic neuropathy, the pain management practice said Dec. 9.
At least five states have set COVID-19 records in the last week. Here are seven more COVID-19 updates:
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Although New York and Florida share similar populations — 20.2 million residents and 21.5 million residents, respectively — the two states have vastly different healthcare landscapes.
Texas outranks California in number of new ASCs, hospitals and average physician compensation, while California boasts the most ASCs and physicians overall.
Several hospitals collaborated with ASCs in 2021 to advance care and open new centers.
Three ASC leaders discussed the drivers of federal changes in ASC policy with Becker's.
Here are 18 major accomplishments achieved by ASCs in 2021: