Author: Patsy Newitt

Louisiana has ranked in the top eight worst states for healthcare for the past four years, according to WalletHub.

Real estate firm Sanders Capital Partners acquired an ASC in Duluth, Ga., for $2.3 million, Birmingham Business Journal reported Aug. 3. 

Hospital staff in Texas and Florida are spread thin, struggling to treat rising numbers of hospitalized patients as COVID-19 surges throughout both states.  

Plymouth (Minn.) Planning Commission unanimously approved a mixed-use development that will house a Twin Cities Orthopedics ASC and clinic, Sun Sailor reported Aug. 3. 

CMS granted a new technology add-on payment for single-use duodenoscopes, according to an Aug. 2 news release. 

Surgical Notes has acquired Zulu Health, an ASC-focused revenue cycle management provider, Surgical Notes said Aug. 3. 

The American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery are asking Congress to urge Aetna to rescind its prior authorization requirements for cataract surgery. 

Interventional pain specialist John Prunskis, MD, delivered remarks at a congressional roundtable July 29, citing recent CMS decisions that he said could lead to an increase in opioid use.

Kaiser Permanente's Largo (Md.) Ambulatory Surgery Center performed its first robotic surgery in the region, the health system announced. 

Some physicians have witnessed another physician groping a nurse during an operation, according to Medscape's new report, "Physicians Behaving Badly: Has It Gotten Worse?"