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Hospital converting Pennsylvania ASC to surgical hospital
Capital Health is converting a former bariatric ASC in Langhorne, Pa., into a multispecialty surgical hospital, according to a March 26 LevittownNow.com report.
Pennsylvania health system gets green light for outpatient complex: 5 notes
Mount Nittany Health has received conditional approval from Patton Township supervisors to develop a four-story outpatient medical center in State College, Pa., Centre Daily Times reported March 24.
Prolific physician who helped found an ASC dies
Robert Finch, MD, a physician who helped found Springfield (Ill.) Clinic’s ASC, died from complications related to frontotemporal degeneration March 12 in Austin, Texas, according to an obituary published in The State Journal-Register.
Here are the states with the lowest malpractice payouts
Wisconsin is the state with the lowest malpractice award payout per capita, according to WalletHub’s “2022 Best & Worst States for Doctors” ranking, released March 21.
States tackle gas price hikes with tax cuts
Several states are taking action to combat inflation and rising gas prices in particular, according to The New York Times.
Competition heats up for ASC execs, and some offer $5K bonuses
More than 100 ASCs across the U.S. posted job listings for administrators on LinkedIn in the last month, and some affiliated with United Surgical Partners International are offering $5,000 sign-on bonuses.
Colorado ASC, pain clinic to close amid staff shortages
Redlands Mesa Surgery Center and Colorado Injury and Pain Specialists in Grand Junction, Colo., will soon close their doors, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported March 26.
Houston physician guilty of unlawfully prescribing $1.75M in opioids
A Houston physician was convicted March 25 of unlawfully prescribing more than 1 million hydrocodone pills worth about $1.75 million, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Georgia endoscopy center awarded by nurse organization
Harbin Clinic Gastroenterology Endoscopy & GI Lab Rome (Ga.) is the recipient of the 2022 Excellence in Professionalism Distinction from the American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses, WRGA Local News Now reported March 27.
Dr. Todd Lanman 1st surgeon in US to reverse lumbar fusion with artificial disc
Todd Lanman, MD, became the first spine surgeon in the U.S. to reverse a patient’s lumbar spinal fusion and return them to full motion by implanting an artificial disc, according to a March 25 news release.
