Author: Patsy Newitt

Trudy Wiig, RN, administrator of Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center, an affiliate of Cedars Sinai, in Los Angeles, spoke with Becker's ASC Review on how she feels health systems can undermine their partner ASCs. 

Alignment Healthcare is expanding coverage, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield will pay members of its Federal Employee Program to get vaccinated.

Procedures such as massive traumas or high-acuity heart surgeries could require two anesthesia providers in the operating room.

Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant High Plains Surgery Center received Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program accreditation in May.

Three percent of ophthalmologists have a net worth of at least $5 million, according to Medscape.

Eben Rosenthal, MD, was named chair of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, according to a June 11 news release. 

Melville, N.Y.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia announced three partnerships in the past month. 

Pinpointing and addressing internal threats is critical for ASCs to operate successfully and deliver optimal patient care. 

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is partnering with Boca Raton-based Ortho Florida for a network of orthopedic-focused ASCs, according to a June 15 news release. 

U.S. News & World Report released its rankings of the best children's hospitals for pediatric gastroenterology and GI surgery for 2020-21.