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UC Davis Health opens 78K-square-foot eye center in ASC

The University of California Davis Health has opened a 78,500-square-foot eye care center in Sacramento, Calif., as part of an expansion project to its existing ASC. 

Cleveland Clinic-affiliated health system names interim CEO

Leonard Stepp Jr. has been named interim CEO of Cleveland Clinic-affiliated Ashtabula (Ohio) County Medical Center Healthcare System, the Star Beacon reported Dec. 5. 

Piedmont promotes 4 senior executives

Atlanta-based Piedmont has given promotions and expanded roles to four senior executives. 

GI activity heating up in Ohio: 7 recent moves

Here are seven moves made in Ohio focusing on gastroenterology that Becker’s has reported on since Oct. 5:

Mount Sinai's new way of keeping low-acuity patients out of the ED

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has started a program offering telehealth services to patients with less severe conditions who call 911, making it the first system in the state to do so. 

'What they've done is extremely evil': Hospital closures spark questions about private equity in healthcare

Private equity has piled into healthcare in recent years, but one company’s recent moves have some questioning whether it belongs in the industry.

Hartford HealthCare to launch healthcare startups with new venture capital partnership

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has partnered with venture capital firm Connecticut Innovations to help launch healthcare startups. 

Moody's downgrades Westchester County Health Care and Charity Health System credit rating

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the ratings of Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester County Health Care Corp. and Charity Health System from “Baa2” to “Baa3.” 

New digital health CPT codes launching in 2023

As medicine continues its digital shift, new billing codes are being added next year for specialties like remote therapeutic monitoring and digital ophthalmology.

Flu, COVID-19 activity up after Thanksgiving: 5 notes

Flu hospitalizations sat at a 10-year high the week of Thanksgiving and COVID-19 cases have risen since the holiday, though respiratory syncytial virus appears to have peaked in some parts of the U.S., CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said Dec. 5.&n…