With anesthesia shortages dragging on and outpatient cases getting more complex, SCA Health, Optum’s ASC division, is thinking long-term in regards to how anesthesia is staffed and delivered. Leaders told Becker’s the answer isn’t a short-term patch. Instead, SCA is…
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ASCs are seeing a surge in colonoscopy demand as CRC rates rise, especially among adults under 50. Updated screening guidelines that lowered the recommended starting age from 50 to 45 have added millions of newly eligible patients, driving a steady…
Amanda Ryan, DO, interventional cardiologist and CEO of the Carlsbad-based Advanced Heart and Vascular Center of New Mexico, joined Becker’s to discuss her center’s 2025 milestone of expanding access to advanced arrhythmia care by bringing electrophysiology services in-house. Editor’s note:…
Governor Jeff Landry has appointed Evelyn Griffin, MD, as Louisiana’s next surgeon general, NBC and CBS affiliate KALB reported Dec. 8. The appointment comes after the state’s former surgeon general, Ralph Abraham, MD, was tapped as principal deputy director of…
New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian has appointed Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, as COO and executive vice president. Dr. Kumaraiah is a cardiologist and currently serves as the group senior vice president, system chief medical officer and chief operating officer, perioperative services at…
Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg has acquired a surgery center in Altoona, Pa. Advanced Center for Surgery has four operating rooms and is led by 17 physicians across specialties including orthopedics, podiatry and ear, nose and throat, according to a Dec. 9…
Data breaches and ransomware attacks are costing the healthcare industry billions every year. Despite growing attention to this area, health systems have a significant gap in their potential cyberattack surface: network-connectable medical devices. These assets are already prevalent in clinical…
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ASCs and outpatient facilities are becoming more populated with orthopedic surgeons and procedures and thus far has been beneficial for all parties involved. Orthopedic surgeons and patients alike have been overall happy with the move to ASCs, and surgeons and…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has partnered with Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health to jointly own a 16-bed hospital in Bryan, Texas. The two organizations will jointly own The Physicians Centre Hospital with the physicians at the facility, according to…
This is a bimonthly column by Les Jebson, administrator of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Network at Prisma Health. This is the first installment. In the orchestration of an efficient orthopedic program, healthcare insurers, patient health status and surgeon scheduling-facility…