Here are seven things ASC leaders should know for June 4, 2018.
Former ASC manager faces 30 years in prison for stealing $514k
The former manager of a Williamsburg, Va.-based eye center faces 30 years in prison after charging hundreds of thousands of dollars to the center's credit cards for personal use.
gMed rebranding as company readies to launch mobile suite
GMed, a Modernizing Medicine Co., will soon become Modernizing Medicine Gastroenterology with a number of its offerings also taking on new identities later this year. The gGastro Suite will become modmed Gastroenterology, while the Endoscopy Report Writer will become gGastro ERW.
Essentia Health building outpatient surgery center in $800M revitalization plan
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health is spending $800 million through its new Vision Northland project, which will transform its downtown presence. Essentia is planning to build an entirely new hospital, a clinical building and an outpatient surgery center.
Lexington Medical Center Foundation raising $3M for surgical center
The Lexington Medical Center Foundation began a $3 million fundraising initiative to build a surgical center at Wake Forest Baptist Health-Lexington (S.C.) Medical Center.
Keck Medicine of USC opening another ambulatory clinic in California
Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC is opening a 33,000-square-foot ambulatory clinic in Arcadia, Calif. The clinic is expected to open in late 2018 and will provide both primary care and specialty services.
Medical device makers 'shocked and disappointed' by Trump's proposed $50B tariffs
Last month, President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 25 percent tariff on about $50 billion worth of goods imported from China. With the final list of affected imports set to be announced by June 15, U.S. medical device industry representatives are holding their breath. About 1,300 products are included on the proposed list of tariffs. Thirty medical devices — including needles, catheters, defibrillators, X-rays, patient monitoring systems and respiration devices — are included.
Anesthesiologist Dr. Vanila Singh to lead HHS' pain management task force
HHS' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health CMO Vanila Singh, MD, will lead the agency's Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force. Dr. Singh is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at Stanford (Calif.) University. She also is a practicing anesthesiologist.