Envision, private equity and patient care: Substituted values 2.0

He was only 41, already burdened with multiple health problems. Diabetes, hypertension and renal failure had put him on dialysis, caused the amputation of his left leg, and now left him with poor circulation in his right leg. Signs of…
SAVS 2022: Skyrocketing vascular nursing costs hammer division’s financial bottom line

The profit margin of a vascular surgery division at a prominent health system in New Orleans was severely eroded during the COVID-19 pandemic period—despite consistent revenue generation throughout—as nursing labor costs dramatically escalated, according to a deep financial analysis carried…
COVID-19 pandemic led to ‘severe’ financial loss for academic vascular surgery division

The initial stages of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in three-month sustained decreases in operative and outpatient clinical volume as well as a “severe” financial loss for a U.S. academic vascular surgery division, researchers from a prominent health system in an…

