Author: Francesca Mathewes

Cyberattacks and data breaches have become increasingly common across the healthcare industry as systems and the world at large become more reliant on digital and cloud-based technologies for every aspect of facility operations.  Beth McCarthy, MSN, RN, an administrator at…

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a $78 million outpatient surgery center in Winston-Salem, N.C. According to an April 22 news release, the 55,000-square-foot facility will open in early May. It features 12 surgical suites, including…

Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health announced the closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital in Delaware County, Pa. Employees were alerted to the shutdowns via an April 21 email from parent company Prospect Medical Holdings.  The shutterings follow a period…

Here are six legal and policy updates affecting healthcare employers: 1. The Federal Trade Commission is currently evaluating the controversial ban on noncompete agreements originally finalized in 2024. The rule has been challenged in lawsuits and was most notably blocked…

In an April 16 report by Nashville, Tenn.-based law firm Bass, Berry & Sims, the authors recount ongoing efforts by several states to increase scrutiny over private equity deals in physician practice deals.  Here are three takeaways from the report:…

The ASC saw several “splashy” transactions and acquisitions in Q1, according to an April 16 report by Nashville, Tenn.-based law firm Bass, Berry & Sims.  Here are four takeaways from the report: 1. In January, private equity firm Bain Capital…

Here are five numbers on the presence of private equity in healthcare in the last year: Seven — The number of states who have introduced bills to increase scrutiny over private equity deals in the healthcare industry, California being the…

Here are three healthcare organizations that have been gaining momentum in the ASC acquisition and development space since Jan. 1, as reported by Becker’s.  1. AmSurg: Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg recently acquired Pinnacle Surgery Center in Covington, La. The 8,787-square-foot center…

As total joint replacements shift increasingly to the outpatient setting, physicians are taking a new, “multimodal” approach to pain management.  According to a recent study published in he Journal of Arthroplasty, reported out by MedPage Today,  physicians who perform TJR…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine has broken ground on a multispecialty outpatient center in Montgomeryville, Pa. According to an April 22 news release, the new facility spans 162,000 square feet and will provide cancer services including radiation oncology and chemotherapy in conjunction…