Providers in COVID-19 hot spots that emerged in June and July saw a drop in office visits, according to a new report by researchers at Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University, Phreesia and The Commonwealth Fund.
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Walmart continues to grow in the healthcare space.
Pittsburgh-based Highmark Health reported financial gains for the first six months of the year despite COVID-19-related drops in volumes, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Owens Ear Center was the victim of a ransomware attack that encrypted patient information.
Nine hospitals and health systems opened or announced plans for new surgery centers in July:
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Maitland, Fla.-based Advanced Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery is adding 10,000 square feet to its headquarters and plans to hire "hundreds" of people over the next few years, the Orlando Business Journal reports.
Here are three recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump in the last 10 days and a potential one that ASC administrators should know about:
A former pain management physician in Kentucky pleaded guilty to illegal opioid distribution, according to a news release from the Department of Justice.
Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of Aug. 3-7:
Provider consolidation into vertically integrated health systems increased "substantially" from 2016 to 2018, while horizontal consolidation of hospitals and health systems "grew modestly," according to an August 2020 study published in Health Affairs.