The reduction in patient numbers with the influx of concierge medicine means that many patients are left without primary care physicians at a time of increasing shortages in the specialty.
Author: Patsy Newitt
Orangeburg, S.C.-based Regional Medical Center is about $312,000 over budget for the month of September due to expenses involved with its hospital's ASC litigation, The Times and Democrat reported.
Construction is underway on a medical office building and surgery center in Las Vegas, local NBC affiliate 3 News reported Oct. 31.
West Tennessee Healthcare is opening an orthopedic surgery center in Jackson in November, the Jackson Sun reported Oct. 29.
Emory Healthcare is building a musculoskeletal facility with an ASC in Brookhaven, Ga., according to The Champion.
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A class-action lawsuit was filed against Aspen Surgery Center in Walnut Creek, Calif., alleging the center violated California labor codes, the law office of Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw, which filed the suit, said Oct. 28.
Nine ASC leaders spoke with Becker's ASC Review about the biggest obstacles they face with private payers, from implant costs to declining reimbursements.
New York City-based Gramercy Surgery Center teamed up with Vantage Health and Alegria Health and Wellness to provide free prostate cancer screening in the Bronx borough of New York City, Vantage said Oct. 26.
Cardiovascular Institute of the South is reportedly the first in the U.S. to use the Philips Laser System Neximer to reopen blockages in arteries, Biz New Orleans reported.
Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold an ASC and two medical office buildings in Manhattan, Kan., Christopher Stai, managing director and principal of the firm, said Oct. 28.