Elective surgeries are returning in Rochester, N.Y., almost a month after such procedures were allowed to resume in some areas of the state, Spectrum Local News reported Feb. 22.
ASC News
Staples, Minn.-based Lakewood Health System opened a pain clinic to provide treatment for chronic back, neck, shoulder, knee, hip, head and muscle pain, the Brainerd Dispatch reported Feb. 21.
Here are the most-read articles from Becker's ASC Review during the week of Feb. 15-19:
Five updates on physicians:
United Pain Urgent Care opened an urgent care practice dedicated to treating pain and general injury, Nevada Business reported Feb. 17.
Health systems across the U.S. are beginning to lift restrictions on visitors for patients undergoing outpatient surgery as the number of COVID-19 cases decline.
As winter weather batters the Southern U.S., several ASCs are closed Feb. 16 for the safety of patients and staff.
A Virginia physician last week pleaded guilty to not paying millions in employment and corporate taxes to the IRS, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Several ASCs across the South postponed surgeries on Feb. 15 because of inclimate weather.
