Author: Alan Condon

Acquisitions of healthcare real estate such as ASCs and medical office buildings are on the rise again after a brief lull at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The House on Dec. 7 passed the Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act in a last-ditch attempt to mitigate Medicare cuts to providers next month.

Most physicians have difficulty estimating out-of-pocket medication expenses even when they have access to patients' drug and insurance information, according to a study published in November in JAMA Network Open.

Virginia Commonwealth University on Dec. 6 cut the ribbon on a 615,000-square-foot outpatient complex in Richmond, ABC affiliate WRIC reports.

Pediatric gastroenterologist Sarah Cole, MD, has announced that she will be running for Sioux Falls (S.D.) City Council in 2022, according to KELO Newstalk.

In April 2020, Medicare spending at ASCs dipped 90 percent, the lowest among any healthcare setting, according to a Dec. 2 report from the American Medical Association.

A former anesthesiologist on Dec. 3 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter of an orthopedist who had surgery at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery Center in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2017, according to NBC Los Angeles.

UBMD Physicians' Group is planning to build a 163,200-square-foot medical building with a surgery center in Amherst, N.Y., The Buffalo News reported Dec. 3.

In the past month, an ASC physician-owner and a former ASC CEO both announced that they will be running for political office in 2022. 

A group of orthopedic surgeons and a plastic surgeon are combining to develop a three-story medical office building with a surgery center in Rogers, Ark., NBC affiliate KNWA reported Nov. 30.