Here are seven ASC acquisitions and partnerships announced in April 2019:
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ASCs can ensure a safe, comfortable environment by continuously monitoring air temperature, humidity and pressure, according to PharmaWatch, a healthcare monitoring solutions provider.
Partial knee arthroplasty procedures are among the many services shifting from hospital settings to freestanding ASCs, according to an Advisory Board report.
Anesthesiologist Annamalai Ashokan, MD, pleaded not guilty May 2 to sexually assaulting a patient in 2018, the Oroville Mercury-Register reports.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Surgical Management Professionals' Advanced Surgery Center of Central Iowa in West Des Moines is one of the state's latest ASCs to obtain a certificate of need without a hospital partner.
Jeff Berman, principal of Grant Thornton's operations transformation, shared supply chain insights with Becker’s ASC Review.
A late-stage study for Gilead Science's drug to treat fibrosis symptoms associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis didn't meet its goal of treating disease symptoms last week.
More general surgeons feel fairly compensated than they did five years ago, according to Medscape's 2019 general surgeon compensation report.
ASCs can help staff protect their centers from Medicare fraud by educating them on CMS guidelines and regulations, ASC medical billing company Serbin Medical BIlling advises.
With orthopedic surgery shifting to the outpatient setting, ASCs offering total joint replacement and spine procedures that are accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care can earn the association's advanced orthopaedic certification.