ASCs continue to rise in national prominence as the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated migration of procedures to the outpatient setting.
Author: Staff
Steve Meuschke, vice president of operations for Kansas City, Mo.-based McCarthy Building Co., offered insights into the future of outpatient-based healthcare developments to the Kansas City Business Journal.
While only 5.1 percent of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units had severe gastrointestinal complications, those patients had a mortality rate of 55.6 percent, according to a pre-proof study published in Gastroenterology.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based hospitals Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health St. Luke's Hospital reduced elective surgical cases through Nov. 20, local ABC affiliate KCRG.com reports.
Gastroenterologist and colorectal cancer screening pioneer David Ahlquist, MD, died Nov. 1 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 69.
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Philadelphia Hand to Shoulder Center and Philadelphia-based Premier Orthopaedics partnered to open a 14,500-square-foot ASC in King of Prussia, Pa., the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
MidMichigan Medical Center-Midland completed work on its Heart and Vascular Center and will hold a virtual tour of the center Nov. 19.
Six ASC administrators from California to New Jersey discuss the payer landscape in their area and what they expect in the next year.
While health systems led third-quarter transactions in the medical office building sector, a number involved specialty groups and surgery centers, according to Hammond Hanlon Camp's quarterly medical office building report.
A New York hospital will send its surgical services to Niagara Regional Surgery Center as it restructures, according to a report in Buffalo Business First.