ASC News

Here are seven updates for ASC leaders to know for May 29, 2018.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association lauded the recently passed VA Mission Act that aims to reform the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' healthcare system.

At ambulatory surgery centers, financial risks are ostensibly everywhere.

Alexandria, Minn.-based Heartland Orthopedic Specialists performed its 5,000th joint replacement, since it began offering the procedures in September 2008, the Voice of Alexandria reports.

The two individuals who scammed Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain Empire Surgery Center for six years were sentenced to prison and ordered to pay $1.38 million in restitution to the surgery center, according to the Times News.

Here are seven updates for ASC leaders to know for May 24, 2018.

Healthcare ransomware attacks exploded in the third quarter of 2017, with 40 million attacks using malicious URLs or attachments in that quarter alone, according to Proofpoint's 2018 Healthcare Threat Report.

Philadelphia-based Wills Eye Hospital presented several studies on best practices for ophthalmologists at the 70th Annual Wills Eye Conference, March 7 to March 9 in Philadelphia.

Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Hospital locked down its entire complex, including the Surgery Center of Quincy, after an unidentified party made a bomb threat, the Herald-Whig reports.

Massachusetts launched its CompareCare website to provide residents a view into the cost and quality of healthcare facilities around the state.