Sarasota, Fla.-based Center For Sight performed free cataract surgeries for patients below the poverty line, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post.
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Washington, California, Oregon and New York have announced vaccine mandates for state employees or healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges nationwide.
ASC administrators in many states are working overtime as they brace for hospital spillover due to rising COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Women anesthesiologists receive an average of $32,617 less than men in compensation each year, according to a new study funded by the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Peak Surgery Center of Avondale (Ariz.) performed its first atrial fibrillation ablation, the center's clinical director said Aug. 10.
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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.