We are being asked to analyze partially vacated or shuttered hospitals for so called ‘medical malls’, or integrated ambulatory care centers. It is extremely difficult to make this work. These buildings are a nightmare to rehab and when it is…
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San Angelo (Texas) Community Medical Center (SACMC) has acquired San Angelo Ambulatory Surgery Center, a freestanding facility located near the hospital's campus, according to a news release from SACMC.
Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) has signed 10-year agreements to manage Stanly Regional Medical Center in Albemarle, N.C., and Scotland Regional Health Care System in Laurinburg, N.C., according to two news releases made by the system.
Here are five challenges affecting ambulatory anesthesia, and advice from a panel of experts for handling them effectively.
Hospitals in the South Bay region of California are reporting decreases in elective surgeries while surgery centers are reporting increases, according to a report from the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.
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Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., has opened a new 17,000-square-foot ambulatory and endoscopy center, according to a press release from the hospital.
St. Charles Parish Hospital in Luling, La., is asking voters to approve the hospital borrowing $11.5 million that will go toward refinancing $6.3 million in bond dept, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Adventist HealthCare intends to build a new medical campus in Clarksburg, Md., once it receives state approval, according to the Washington Business Journal.
As surgery centers and surgeons struggle with a Medicare payment system which reimburses at rates that are often barely high enough to break even on procedures, let alone make a profit, it is easy to overlook how reimbursement declines, along…
Advocate Health Care, based in Oak Brook, Ill., is considering a partnership with Rockford (Ill.) Memorial Hospital in an effort to expand the hospital operator’s presence beyond Chicago, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.