Author: Claire Wallace

Moose Lake, Minn.-based Northern Lakes Surgery Center, set to open in 2023, has named Jacque Volk, NP, as its director, according to a Nov. 22 report from BusinessNorth. 

Nanjing, China-based Triastek, a pharmaceutical company, has received FDA investigational new drug clearance to begin clinical studies on its 3D-printed medicine, T21, designed to treat ulcerative colitis. 

From a new Florida surgery center to a JCPenney conversion, here are five orthopedic ASC updates Becker's has reported on since Nov. 1. 

A 51,357-square-foot medical office building in Geneseo, N.Y., has sold for $15.9 million, according to a November report from Rebusiness Online. 

Becker's has reported on $25 million donated to ophthalmology research since the beginning of October. Here are two important ophthalmology donations: 

Medical providers, including anesthesiologists, face ongoing challenges when it comes to collecting medical debts from many Americans, according to a new blog post from founder and CEO of MiraMed Global and president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, Tony Mira.

Maryland has the longest statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits, at five years after the occurrence of the injury, according to a Nov. 18 report from Forbes. 

California had the most adverse action and medical malpractice payment reports in 2022, according to data from the National Practitioner Data Bank collected from Jan. 1 to June 30. 

Over half of spine surgery patients (56.4 percent) who still have a high fear of contracting COVID-19 prefer to undergo procedures at ASCs versus hospital settings according to a Nov. 18 study published in Cureus, a peer-reviewed medical journal. 

USA Health has received state review board approval to build a 28,000-square-foot ASC on its Mobile, Ala.-campus according to a Nov. 21 report from Fox10 News.