It’s not often that you see an article in the mainstream media that’s exclusively about pre-anesthesia care, but that’s exactly what Montana’s Bozeman Daily Chronicle published last week. Amy Mouat-Hunter, MD, medical director of Bozeman Health Pre-Anesthesia Clinic, penned the article, entitled “On the cutting edge: Bozeman Health’s Pre-Anesthesia Clinic…
Adena Health has completed its acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC) in Lancaster, Ohio. The facility will now be known as Adena Fairfield Medical Center. The organizations state that they will “work together to support a smooth transition for patients and staff, with a focus on continuity of care and…
Intermountain Health has revealed plans for a new Intermountain LDS Hospital in downtown Salt Lake City. The facility, which would be located on an approximately eight-acre site that had been the longtime home to a Sears store that closed in 2018, would “anchor a major downtown development and provide a…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) “shared concerns” with CMS regarding the calendar year 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rule. AHA wrote that the proposed net payment update of 2.4% is “not adequate given the financial challenges hospitals and health systems face.” In…
Mount Sinai Health System announced that it will open Peakpoint Central Nassau Surgery Center in Carle Place, N.Y., on Long Island this month. The 20,400-square-foot multispecialty ASC will offer gastroenterology, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic and spine surgery, otolaryngology, pain management, plastic surgery, podiatry, and urology procedures. A joint venture among Mount…
A new single-center, double-blind, prospective, superiority randomized controlled trial published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine compares continuous femoral nerve blocks (CFNB) and continuous adductor canal blocks (CACB) for outpatient anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery. The researchers, noting that the “comparative opioid-sparing and functional outcomes” of the two approaches are…
As autumn approaches, awareness about COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses is on the rise. With some medical professionals and patients concerned about a lack of direction from the federal government on vaccines, the American Medical Association (AMA) has announced that it has collaborated with the Vaccine Integrity Project to complete…
Last winter, UCI Health — Irvine America became America’s first all-electric acute care hospital. Fierce Healthcare notes that the health system described the project as a deliberate sustainability choice and moral obligation, rather than just a cost play. Now, the outlet reports, other health systems such as Kaiser Permanente, Henry…
Randy Heiser, MA, BA, closed out our final OR Business Management Summit in February with a dazzlingly forward-looking and enjoyable talk. Now we’re bringing his insight to the entire Periop Leader Week community. We’re excited and proud to announce that Mr. Heiser, president of Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, will be our…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has submitted comments to CMS on its proposed 2027 updates to the ASC payment system. ASCA stated its “support for provisions aimed at expanding the range of procedures performed in ASCs, but warned that declining reimbursement will prevent Medicare beneficiaries from fully benefiting from…
