ASC News

Santa Rosa-based Northern California Medical Associates plans to close May 1 and lay off 26 physicians.

Catholic Health is phasing out most inpatient services at the St. Joseph Campus in Cheektowaga, N.Y., but plans to resume orthopedic surgery at the hospital's onsite ASC on March 29, according to Buffalo Business First.

A Maryland plastic surgeon who is also a member of the state legislature is facing scrutiny for attending legislative meetings over Zoom from the operating room, according to a report in The Baltimore Sun.

Lombard, Ill.-based Surgical Center of DuPage Medical Group became the first freestanding ASC in the state to use the da Vinci Xi robotic system.

While most cyberattacks you likely hear about are those directed at large organizations, cybercriminals are not just targeting big players.

Scammers are increasing efforts to trick people out of their money, and some are targeting physicians.

Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic and Spine Specialists, a 21-physician practice in Livonia, Mich., recently notified patients that certain health information could have been exposed in a cyberattack.

COVID-19 for selecting N95 masks has been acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE) to help keep clinicians safe. As organizations have turned to vendors at home and abroad to source products, many have discovered that not all masks are created equal.

Adam Smith, MD, a plastic surgeon affiliated with an ASC, may no longer practice medicine in Iowa, according to an Iowa Capital Dispatch report.

ValueHealth, a Leawood, Kan.-based digital healthcare company, has made several big moves in the first quarter: