Southpoint Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Fla., a 34,029-square-foot medical center with a large ASC, has been sold to REIT healthcare for just over $18.5 million.
Category: ASC News
3 hospitals, health systems opening ASCs
Geisinger and two more hospitals and health systems that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 2:
‘ASCs have to be nimble’: How ASCs can face potential financial losses
The COVID-19 pandemic spurred an economic downturn, and many ASCs are looking to the global recession of 2008 as a blueprint for crafting future growth plans.
Court rules drug, not physician, caused ASC patient’s death
A jury found that an Abingdon, Md.-based pain physician was not liable in the death of a patient who was injected with a contaminated steroid during a procedure at an ASC, The Daily Record reported Aug. 10.
Kaiser Permanente posts $1.3B loss in Q2 & 4 more updates
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reported a net loss of $1.3 billion for the second quarter of this year.
528K jobs added to workforce in July as unemployment rate improves
About 528,000 jobs were added to the U.S. economy in July, nearly doubling economist projections, and bringing the unemployment rate down to 3.5 percent.
6 new ASCs in 2022
From pediatric complexes to $80 million outpatient facilities, new ASCs are popping up every month.
What’s drawing hospital systems to ASCs?
The demand for ASCs from hospitals and health systems continued to grow over the past few years, according to a national survey by Avanza Healthcare Strategies.
Hospitals, health systems plan to ramp up ASC investments
ASCs are becoming increasingly popular with hospitals and health systems as more than 6 in 10 plan to increase their investments in ASCs, according to a national survey by Avanza Healthcare Strategies.
Milestones and new centers: 7 ASC robotics updates
Three ASCs recently achieved milestones in robotic surgery, three new ASCs with robotics were built or announced, and one introduced a new robotic surgery line.
