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CVS Health subsidiary Omnicare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas following a nearly $1 billion federal judgment and mounting financial pressures. Here are five things to know: 1. Omnicare…

As the ASC industry continues to grow and expand, the anesthesia staffing crisis persists as a top concern for ASC leaders. Aaron Kalin, DO, medical director and chair of anesthesiology at Adventist Health and Rideout in Marysville, Calif., recently joined…

A Paramus, N.J., clinic and its operator were ordered to halt all operations after a judge issued a temporary injunction against a man accused of posing as a physician, Morristown Minute reported Sept. 29.  What happened? 

A new survey by Jackson Physician Search and MGMA, which included 284 physicians and 241 administrative leaders, highlights the gaps between physician experiences and leadership assumptions when it comes to retention.  Here are 10 statistics to know: 1. Fifty-nine percent…

Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System broke ground on an expansion at Greene Medical Arts in Catskill, N.Y., that will include a same-day surgery center.  The new space will include four operating rooms, two procedure rooms, a cardiac care center, as…

Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital has added David Gayle, MD, to Flowers Medical Group. Dr. Gayle specializes in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology, with more than 30 years of experience treating heart conditions, according to a Sept. 29 health system news release. …

Bon Secours Mercy Health, Compass Surgical Partners and local physicians have opened an orthopedic ASC in Newport News, Va. The 20,000-square-foot Coastal Virginia Surgery Center features four operating rooms and will offer total joint replacements, orthopedic procedures for the upper…

Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Ashton Center for Day Surgery became the first ASC in Illinois to perform robot-arm assisted total joint replacement surgery using the Stryker Mako 4 surgical robot.  Samuel Lake, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and partner at Suburban Orthopaedics,…