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…
Canyon Vista Medical Center (CVMC) reports that it has been “steadily bringing four previously offline operating rooms back into service.” Two of its ORs are now “fully operational, with additional capacity coming online in the months ahead,” states the 100-bed acute care hospital in Sierra Vista, Ariz. “This phased expansion…
A prominent orthopedic surgeon has leveraged the platform of mass media outlet Fortune to call for increased transparency among his peers and their institutions to enable patients to make more informed decisions about whom they will allow to operate on them. Mathias Bostrom, MD, associate surgeon-in-chief and director of quality and…
EP Lab Digest, a media outlet for electrophysiology (EP) professionals, has published a Q&A with Wilber Su, MD, FACC, FHRS, director of heart rhythm services at Banner-University Medical Center and professor of medicine at the University of Arizona, that discusses a panel he is moderating at the upcoming Heart Rhythm…
Last week we reported that the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s (ASCA’s) Clinical & Operational Benchmarking Survey has been redesigned and relaunched as the new ASCA Benchmarking survey, which is ready for Q1 data submissions right now. Now you can hear more about the “total remaking” of the survey straight from…
CPIhealth (CPI), an interventional pain management platform, has acquired Midwest Interventional Spine Specialists (M.I.S.S.) and Serenity Surgical Center. CPI says the move enables it to expand its provision of “advanced pain treatments and comprehensive care” to northwest Indiana and nearby Chicago suburbs in Illinois. The partnership adds two clinics and…
