During an Oct. 15 panel led by Scott Becker at the Becker's ASC Virtual Event, industry experts gathered to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and their priorities going into 2021.
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Here are the top five companies by number of centers in the ambulatory surgery space and the people who lead them:
More than 300 members of two healthcare-focused unions in Hawaii protested in response to Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's decision to close an ASC and discontinue gastroenterology services at Wailuku (Hawaii) Medical Office, Pacific Business News reports.
The Colorado Court of Appeals reversed a $7 million judgment against Surgery Center at Lone Tree (Colo.) on Oct. 15, saying the ASC should not have been held vicariously liable for a spine surgeon's alleged malpractice.
The ASC landscape has changed significantly in the past year due to the pandemic and payment updates from CMS.
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Tarrytown, N.Y.-based ENT Allergy and Associates is welcoming Brian Sanders, MD, to its Yonkers, N.Y., clinic, according to an Oct. 15 press release.
Mobile, Ala.-based Infirmary Health is trying to stop its competitor USA Health from opening an outpatient center in Fairhope, Ala., according to an NBC15 report.
Here are nine hospitals and health systems that have placed restrictions or suspensions on services due to the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks:
Instead of a second debate, President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden participated in competing televised town halls Oct. 15.
Surgeries at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Surgery Center have been suspended, and others across the health system have been relocated to free up staff as COVID-19 cases rise, according to an Oct. 15 report by the Argus Leader.