According to a report in The Daily Bruin, the UC Board of Regents yesterday approved a $298.2 million budget Wednesday to convert an El Segundo, Calif., office building into a UCLA Health complex called UCLA Health South Bay. According to the campus newspaper, the renovated building will contain a Sports…
Wondering why your ASC wasn’t selected as one of U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers? Or was your ASC selected, and you’d like to learn more about why? The media outlet has posted a Q&A with the lead of the project: its chief of health analysis and…
The annual Certified Nurses Day takes place Wednesday, March 19, 2026. It’s a day to celebrate your certified nurses’ knowledge, talent, spirit and commitment to patient safety and excellence in health care. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), which organizes, promotes and provides resources for Certified Nurses Day, encourages…
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings. Using data provided by health insights provider Arcadia, U.S. News evaluated 4,421 ASCs nationwide. That’s well short of the total number of ASCs in the U.S., due to the fact that the ratings focus exclusively on…
Media outlet Mississippi Today reports that Greenwood Leflore Hospital received temporary relief from making payments to the state’s Medicaid system after an order issued by a Hinds County Chancery judge last week. The judge ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore after…
A study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) found that heat generated by alternating magnetic fields (AMF) helps common antibiotics work better against prosthetic joint infections. The study, published in Scientific Reports and promoted by UTSW last week, demonstrated the efficacy of AMF in eradicating bacteria-protecting biofilm from the surface…
Baptist Health reached a definitive agreement to acquire South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, Ark., and add it to the Baptist Health system. Although the transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals, Baptist Health stated that it will officially change the name of the 151-bed hospital to Baptist Health…
Nashville’s NewsChannel5 reports that a bill moving through the Tennessee state legislature could eliminate the state’s certificate of need (CON) rules by 2030. Supporters of the bill say its passage could allow more hospitals to open in the Volunteer State, particularly in rural areas where facilities have been closing. According…
ASC development and management firm Compass Surgical Partners, community health system Baptist Health, and multispecialty healthcare organization Coastal Health this week announced a collective partnership with 15 area physicians to operate Middleburg Surgery Center in Jacksonville, Fla. The partners have assumed ownership of an existing 5,500-square-foot facility with two ORs that…
Custom Surgical Partners and Ambulatory Strategies last week announced a formal strategic partnership to create an expanded national and international healthcare consulting platform focused exclusively on the ASC industry. Combined, the organizations state that they have supported the development of over 150 ASCs, with centers in all 50 U.S. states and…
