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Unifeye Vision Partners expands in Midwest with 11 clinics, 1 ASC

Unifeye Vision Partners has partnered with Chaska, Minn.-based Southwest Eye Care and Fargo-based Eye Consultants of North Dakota, solidifying its seventh and eighth partnerships in the Midwest. 

The 15 top ASCs in New York for 2023

Newsweek recently released its annual list of the top 510 ASCs nationwide. 

Top 20 children's hospitals for pediatric cancer

U.S. News & World Report recently named its top children’s hospital for pediatric cancer.

Nursing facility, management company settle physician kickback allegations for $3.8M

Alta Vista Healthcare & Wellness Centre, a skilled nursing facility in Riverside, Calif., and its management company, Rockport Healthcare Services, agreed to pay the U.S. and California $3.825 million to resolve kickback allegations.

4 health systems enhancing Epic

Recently, health systems have boosted their Epic EHRs by adding a suite of new tools, including biometric authentication tools and online scheduling.

Most, least desirable states to open ASCs 

The Southern ASC market has been a hotspot for years — ASCs in that region earn the most revenue and perform the most cases of any region in the country. 

Optum, Tenet further consolidate

Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, and Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, have made big moves in the last year, continuing their consolidation of physicians and ASCs. 

'ChatGPT's abilities were impressive': Mass General Brigham researchers use AI to pick imaging tests

ChatGPT excels at picking the correct imaging test for patients with breast pain or needing breast cancer screening, researchers at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham found.

CarolAnn Williams named president of Mass Eye and Ear

Boston-based Mass Eye and Ear appointed CarolAnn Williams as its next president starting July 1. 

CDC panel greenlights RSV shot for older adults

People 60 and older “may” get a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine — that is what a CDC advisory panel voted June 21, stopping short of what was anticipated to be a stronger recommendation that older adults “should” get the shots.