As healthcare consolidation accelerates, ASCs and hospitals are increasingly looking to collaborate on partnerships and joint ventures to spark mutual growth.
Category: Becker’s ASC Review
The economic power of physicians: State-by-state breakdown of output
California has the highest output per physician of all 50 states, according to a new report from AMN Healthcare
SightGrowth Partners adds 1st surgery center in Massachusetts
Hauppauge, N.Y.-based SightGrowth Partners has expanded its network into Massachusetts and launched SightMD Massachusetts.
CMS issues Stark law guidance for physician-owned hospital
Law firm McGuireWoods has secured a CMS Stark law advisory opinion for a physician-owned hospital seeking to relocate eight miles from its current site and add an emergency department, according to a news release from the law firm.
Texas nurse practitioner to forfeit $40M for fraud scheme
A Waxahachie, Texas-based nurse practitioner who was previously convicted of wire fraud conspiracy and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2021 will forfeit more than $40 million from foreign accounts.
How this ASC eliminated patient falls
Stephanie Conquest, RN, administrator of Franklin, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Surgery Center Cool Springs, joined Becker’s to discuss key strategies for enhancing quality and patient satisfaction and the biggest challenges ASCs face in maintaining high sta…
Summerville Medical Center adds robotic GI surgery
Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center has debuted its newest robotic surgical system on a colon cancer patient, according to a March 4 report from The Summerville Journal Scene.
GI specialist tapped to lead NYU Langone program
Michael Dolinger, MD, has been named to lead the pediatric inflammatory bowel disease program at New York City-based Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
3 responses to the anesthesia workforce crisis
Nearly 30% of anesthesiologists are predicted to leave the practice by 2033, leading to an anticipated shortage of 12,500 providers.
Anesthesia's next greenhouse gas breakthrough
Many hospitals and health systems have begun cutting the use of certain inhaled anesthetics due to their greenhouse gas emissions, and a teaching hospital in Europe recently found a potential alternative, Medscape reported March 4.
