Alan Condon

While still higher than pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, telemedicine visits have begun to steadily decline across the U.S. since peaking in mid-April, according to a June 25 Commonwealth Fund report.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth has opened Physicians Care Surgery Center in Royersford, Pa., according to a June 22 press release.

The Back Institute of Beverly Hills (Calif.) recently performed its first surgery after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Digital Journal reports.

Clearwater-based Florida Spine Institute and its surgery center is laying off 62 employees and suspending operations due to mounting economic difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Tampa Bay Business Journal reports.  

Zehra Hyderi, DPM, completed the first foot and ankle surgery Barrington (Ill.) Pain & Spine Institute Dec. 20.

Kathy Beydler, RN, C, managing partner at Strategic Surgical Solutions outlined key strategies to build local partnerships and attract surgeons to ASCs during an Oct. 25 presentation at Becker's ASC Review 26th Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, delivered a keynote presentation at Becker's ASC 26th Annual Meeting in Chicago on Oct. 25.

Securing successful contracts with payers is becoming increasingly important for ASCs as they move toward negotiating value-based contracts.

Here are 28 spine- and orthopedic-focused ASCs opened or announced in 2019 so far.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld a ruling in favor of a medical malpractice insurer.