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.
Category: ASC News
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.
What ASCs need to know about monkeypox: 8 notes
With hospitals bracing themselves for more monkeypox cases, ASCs should also be prepared for the infectious disease to surge.
Pennsylvania physician gets year in prison for illegal substance distribution
Newtown Square, Pa.-based physician Charles Garo Avetian, MD, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for assisting in distributing controlled substances and submitting false income tax returns, DelCo Times reported Aug. 10.
New York hospital scraps multiple outpatient practices
Middletown, N.Y.-based Garnet Health is scaling back on several outpatient services because of low patient volumes, increasing costs and supply shortages, News 12 Westchester reported Aug. 11.
