On Feb. 9, the 59th Super Bowl was played in New Orleans, with the Philadelphia Eagles beating the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. If viewership matches 2024's event, over 120 million people will have tuned in for the big game.
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The number of independently-owned ASCs dropped to 67%, down from 68% in 2023, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2024: A Year in Review" report.
Legislators in Washington state are taking steps to ban time caps on anesthesia coverage in a bipartisan bill, the Columbia Basin Herald reported Feb. 10.
Capsule cataract removal without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation is the most common procedure performed at ASCs in 2024, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2024: A Year in Review" report.
In 2024, U.S. News & World Report debuted its first annual "Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" ranking, highlighting four different specialties: colonoscopy and endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics and spine, and urology.
Pinehurst (N.C.) Radiology Associates has closed "for the foreseeable future" due to a cyberattack, The Pilot reported Feb. 5.
Last year, several states shifted their certificate-of-need requirements, resulting in significant impacts on the ASC industry, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2024: A Year in Review" report.
Eleven healthcare leaders joined Becker's to discuss what the physician workforce might look like in five years.
Premier Anesthesia partnered with Columbus, Ohio-based Taylor Station Surgery Center, according to a Feb. 10 news release.
Anesthesia remains a dynamic industry as leaders explore new methods of opioid-free pain management and expand into new care settings.