Regent Surgical Health opened its second headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., to support the organization's continued growth.
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A Pennsylvania physician's office is out hundreds of thousands of dollars after an employee committed mail fraud and falsified income tax returns, according to a Trib Live report.
Many Texas hospitals are pausing elective surgeries as nursing staff and beds run critically low amid a fourth COVID-19 surge, and ASCs are gearing up for what might come next.
A patient at the Cincinnati-based Mayfield Spine Surgery Center was one of the more that 110 patients who received a procedure with a tuberculosis-infected allograft, the Ohio Department of Health confirmed.
Hospitals nationwide are postponing elective procedures as COVID-19 surges are reaching record highs.
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Florida's law that bans businesses from requiring vaccination documentation is making it difficult for some ASCs in the state to be "compassionate as well as responsible."
South Georgia Medical Center has reopened a drive-thru coronavirus test site in the parking lot outside its surgery center in Valdosta, Ga., ABC affiliate WTXL reported Aug. 9.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has asked hospitals to voluntarily delay elective procedures in an Aug. 9 letter to the Texas Hospital Association, citing concern about a shortage of hospital capacity as COVID-19 surges throughout the state.
Oneida (N.Y.) Health canceled some elective cases at its ASC Aug. 10-11 as its emergency room experiences an "unusually high number of patients," according to the Rome Sentinel.
The California Department of Public Health issued an order Aug. 5 requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated, citing increasing COVID-19 hospitalizations in the state.