ABC affiliate KCRG reports that Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) more than $14.8 million to settle a violation of the Civil Monetary Penalties Law. “The hospital told the government it may have broken the law regarding an…
Gulfshore Business reports that three Southwest Florida-based companies are partnering on a new ASC in West Virginia – and one of them is medical device manufacturer Arthrex. The project is described as a “collaborative model” involving Arthrex, construction management company DeAngelis Diamond and architecture firm Studio+, which are working together on…
A fire at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, delayed elective surgeries at the facility for several days. According to the hospital, the fire occurred last Thursday inside a utility closet within its surgical services unit due to a worker accidentally cutting into electrical heat tape. “A Code Red alert…
In an article titled “‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare,” the Guardian writes that “billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the ‘Uber for nursing’ industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector.” The story focuses on a report from the…
The ever-accelerating usage of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists among the general population is impacting perioperative teams that are concerned about patient safety. Two new studies from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers provide what the institution calls “important early evidence” in terms of perioperative considerations for these patients. The studies,…
Community Health Systems (CHS) has shed numerous hospitals from its portfolio this year, as we have previously reported. Now the other shoe is dropping, as it has announced ongoing plans to grow its ASC portfolio. In February, CHS affiliate Baldwin Health opened its de novo Specialty Surgery Center in Foley,…
Cardiovascular Physicians of Delaware and its partner organization, US Health Partners, have teamed with ChristianaCare on a joint venture to establish a new cardiovascular ASC in Newark, Del. The ChristianaCare Cardiovascular Surgery Center at Newark will be launched through another joint venture that was formed in 2024 between ChristianaCare and…
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has published a clinical guideline that presents a comprehensive approach to perioperative risk assessment and management in patients with cirrhosis – a population that it says presents “unique surgical risks.” The guideline emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to preoperative evaluation, perioperative care, and postoperative follow-up.…
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute announced it has successfully performed Florida’s first partial heart transplant. An 11-year-old patient received an implanted “living valve” of a donor heart during a procedure the hospital said is “designed to prevent the need for future open-heart surgeries because the valve will grow with the…
The Guardian on Friday published devastating reporting about the state of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The headline: “Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant.” The well-sourced article describes CDC as “in a state of…
