Author: Patsy Newitt

Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, the center's clinical director said Aug. 10. 

Physician-owned Durango, Colo.-based Animas Surgical Hospital's new ASC performed its first procedures, the hospital said Aug. 10. 

The staffing crisis has made it difficult for many independent ASCs to recruit, but for Santa Cruz (Calif.) Surgery Center, improving benefit packages and increasing coverage has allowed them to compete. 

It's becoming increasingly difficult for anesthesia providers to secure adequate rates from many payers, Tony Mira, founder of Anesthesia Business Consultants, wrote in a blog post.  

SurgiCore Surgical Centers is building an ASC in New York City, according to the Mann Report.

A patient at the Cincinnati-based Mayfield Spine Surgery Center was one of the more that 110 patients who received a procedure with a tuberculosis-infected allograft, the Ohio Department of Health confirmed. 

Hospitals nationwide are postponing elective procedures as COVID-19 surges are reaching record highs. 

Florida's law that bans businesses from requiring vaccination documentation is making it difficult for some ASCs in the state to be "compassionate as well as responsible."

ASCs have to balance the often diverging needs of patients, providers and payers to produce quality outcomes. 

A 7,600-square-foot medical office building with ASC was proposed in Margate, Fla., according to an Aug. 9 LinkedIn post.