Here are five GI devices to keep an eye on that Becker’s reported on in 2024:
Category: Becker’s ASC Review
Biden signs law to include optometrists in physician pay scale
President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill adding optometry to the physician pay scale as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
5 issues shaping anesthesia in 2025
Here are five issues anesthesia providers are watching as we begin 2025:
Former Optum Health East, SCA CEO to lead US Radiology Specialists
Caitlin Zulla, who previously led Optum Health East and SCA Health, was named CEO of US Radiology Specialists, according to a Jan. 7 news release.
Former Rocky Mountain Eye Center physician opens Colorado eye clinic
Cory Smith, MD, formerly employed by Pueblo, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Eye Center, has opened his own clinic, also in Pueblo, KOAA News 5 reported Jan. 6.
Dr. Shaina Kumar joins OCLI Vision
Garden City, N.Y.-based OCLI VIsion has added Shaina Kumar, MD, to its ophthalmology staff.
Physician, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders dies at 86
Louis Schittly, MD, a French physician who helped found Doctors Without Borders, has died at age 86, according to a Jan. 7 obituary published by The Washington Post. He died in Mullhouse, France on Jan. 1.
Advocate opens new ASC, cardiovascular center in Chicago suburb
Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care opened a new outpatient center in Hoffman Estates, Ill., the Daily Herald reported Jan. 6.
Fire breaks out at Louisiana medical office building
The New Orleans Fire Department responded to a fire at a Touro Hospital medical office building Jan. 6, according to a report from NBC affiliate WDSU.
Connecticut ASC postpones surgeries after car damages building
Surgeries at an ASC in Waterbury, Conn., have been postponed following a car crashed into the building Jan. 5, according to a Jan. 6 report from the Republican American.
