Author: Patsy Newitt

Anthony Kalloo, MD, has been named chair of New York City-based Maimonides Medical Center's department of medicine. 

Cardiology practice Florida Heart Associates is building an ASC in an expansion and renovation of its central facility in Fort Myers.

In 2019, ASCs that were certified by Medicare treated 3.5 million beneficiaries. The data in this list comes from the MedPAC 2021 Report to Congress, Avanza and VMG Health Intellimarker.

The pandemic delayed patients' preventive screenings and elective procedures, which ASCs experienced firsthand. Some ASC leaders think President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief law could help mitigate those losses.

An underutilized clinic and circulation space is being converted to an ASC in Glendale, Ariz., dubbed the Phoenix Heart Ambulatory Surgery Center. 

Whittier, Calif.-based PIH Health has acquired cardiovascular care group Los Angeles Cardiology Associates.

Many ASC leaders feel that physician-owned practices are in danger of conflicting priorities with private equity investment. 

As private equity firms continue to enter the ASC market, some ASC leaders have found alternatives through affiliations with other practices. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned healthcare providers of the risk of using reprocessed urological endoscopes after "numerous" reports of infection.

A new study showed that many total knee arthroplasty procedures shifted to the outpatient setting after CMS removed procedures from its inpatient-only list in January 2018, implying market and financial pressures are encouraging more outpatient care delivery.