Here are the most-read stories from Becker's ASC Review during the week of Dec. 14-18:
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health canceled all inpatient and outpatient elective surgeries until Jan. 10 to combat rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and staff shortages, local news affiliate KXLY reported Dec. 16.
COVID-19 vaccinations began to roll out across the nation this week, and President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden should be among the first to be vaccinated, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,…
Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Memorial Hospital trustees allowed uncredentialed surgeons to shift procedures to Powder River Surgery Center to keep operating as the hospital readies to turn its operating rooms into COVID-19 patient overflow spaces, The Sheridan Press reported Dec.…
Massachusetts' Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued a memo updating guidelines on non-essential invasive procedure cancellations to wholly exclude ASCs, local news affiliate WWLP.com reported Dec. 15.
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A hybrid ASC and medical office facility opened in Peoria, Ariz., according to a Dec. 14 LinkedIn post by Archsol, an architecture and planning firm involved in the development.
These are the stories, updates and insights that made the biggest splash this year in the ASC industry:
Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group is seeking approval to build a small-format hospital beside its Cancer Institute and Surgery Center, according to a Dec. 10 announcement.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has reimposed restrictions on elective surgeries for hospitals across the state.
While elective surgery restrictions devastated ASC finances in early 2020, the industry largely recovered rapidly and is poised to take on a greater share of procedures in 2021.