Patsy Newitt

Alka Atal-Barrio, MD, CMO of The Everett (Wash.) Clinic, joined "Becker's Spine & Orthopedics Podcast" to talk about her role as a clinical leader during the pandemic and Everett Clinic's steps toward value-based care. 

Financial decline and contract expiration were two reasons for ASC closures in the first quarter of 2021.

Private equity backing and increasing consolidation is a common trend in ophthalmology centers in the past year. 

The FDA is urging healthcare providers to cease the crisis capacity measures like reusing N95 masks because of an increased domestic supply. 

Gainesville-based University of Florida Health broke ground on a 23-hour unit expansion at its surgery center, the UF Health Surgical Center. 

OrthoIllinois withdrew its application to build an ASC in Beloit, Wis., after a monthslong controversy over planning and zoning, the Beloit Daily News reported April 12. 

Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group has opened a medical office building in Westmont, Ill., according to an April 12 release.  

The Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City is now interviewing private development partners for the $1 billion renovation of its campus and the development of an ASC and outpatient diagnostic center, according to Real Estate Weekly.

Here are seven reimbursement updates for ASCs from the first quarter:

Meridian has sold a 57,573-square-foot medical office building with an ASC in Laguna Hills, Calif.