Here are seven healthcare updates for ASC leaders to note:
Philanthropist donates $10M for surgery center at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Bonnie Uytengsu donated $10 million to Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford to further the development of the health system's surgery center.
Marshfield Clinic to appeal CON denial for hospital with surgery center
Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic will appeal the Oneida County planning and development committees' decision to deny the clinic' certificate-of-need application for a hospital with a surgery center. The committee denied the application in a 3-to-2 vote June 14. The health system will submit its appeal by deadline.
Azura Vascular Care opens first Ohio center
Malvern, Pa.-based Azura Vascular Care celebrated the opening of its first Ohio center, Azura Vascular Care Cincinnati, on July 6. Steven Reed, MD, was named the center's medical director.
Oklahoma ASCs face updated building standards to meet Medicaid, Medicare safety codes
The Oklahoma State Department of Health implemented new standards for building requirements applicable to ASCs and hospitals. The health department set the standards to meet current national Medicaid and Medicare safety code guidelines.
Majority Whip Steve Scalise undergoes surgery at MedStar Washington Hospital Center after contracting infection
Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Washington Hospital Center admitted Majority Whip Steve Scalise into the intensive care unit after the representative contracted an infection. The hospital has treated Mr. Scalise for the last several weeks after the official was wounded following a shooting on June 14.
Illinois-based endoscopy center to break ground in early 2018
Construction on the New Lenox (Ill.) Endoscopy Center is expected to begin in the first or second quarter of fiscal year 2018.
Noted anesthesiologist Dr. Henry Havdala dies
Henry Havdala, MD, 86, former anesthesiology department chairman of Chicago-based Mount Sinai Hospital died June 22.