Author: Patsy Newitt

Intermountain Healthcare launched an outpatient imaging company that will offer flat-rate prices and open three outpatient imaging centers. 

Medtronic recalled a brain aneurysm stent device because of a risk of malfunction linked to 10 serious injuries and two deaths. 

Jackson Hospital is converting a former elementary school into a facility that will include an ASC, medical office building and diagnostic imaging center, local NBC affiliate WJHG reported Sept. 27. 

Eisenhower Health opened its expanded $68 million orthopedic center and ASC in Rancho Mirage, Calif., following licensing from the state, the health system announced Sept. 28. 

City of Hope Orange County is building a cancer center featuring an outpatient surgery center in Irvine, Calif., Spectrum News 1 reported Sept. 27. 

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center performed its first procedure using Lumenis' minimally invasive laser technology, the Moses Pulse 120H, the center announced Sept. 28. 

The U.S. is expected to reach a shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by 2034, and cardiology could be hit the hardest, according to a report by physician search and consulting firm Merritt Hawkins.

Capital Digestive Care has finalized a deal with Suffolk, Va.-based Gastrointestinal & Liver Specialists of Tidewater, the company said Sept. 28. 

CMS plans to require ASCs to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for staff members. 

Baptist Health broke ground on an outpatient medical center with an ASC in Louisville, Ky., according to a Sept. 27 email.