Author: Staff

Two San Diego medical groups have merged to create Palomar Health Medical Group in Escondido, Calif., Valley News reported Dec. 4.

CapsoVision earned International Standard Organization 27001 security certification for its headquarters and CapsoCloud software, the company announced Dec. 4.

The Palm Coast (Fla.) City Council ratified a development agreement for an 89-acre medical campus in the Palm Coast, FlaglerLive.com reported Dec. 4.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health updated allocation of surgeries between its acute care hospitals and surgery centers and temporarily closed one center as COVID-19 cases spike, according to the Herald-Mail.

Ophthalmology is projected to have the greatest physician shortage of any surgical specialty by 2025, according to a December 2016 HHS report cited in Global Healthcare Advisors' latest Ophthalmology Market Brief.

Since the beginning of October, Becker's ASC Review has reported on two new and proposed spine surgery centers:

The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a tumultuous year for ASCs, from restrictions on non-essential surgery to staffing and supply constraints.

Seven ASCs were among Press Ganey's 2020 Pinnacle of Excellence Award winners, including three affiliated with United Surgical Partners International.

ASC can continue to receive separate payment for Omeros' cataract surgery drug, Omidria, under CMS' 2021 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC opened an outpatient surgery center in West Mifflin, Pa., Rycon Construction, a company involved in the development, said in a Dec. 3 LinkedIn post.