Maryville, Tenn., city officials will vote April 7 on whether to approve a proposed 129,000-square-foot ASC and outpatient ...

A bill introduced in Congress on March 20 would tie ASC annual payment updates directly to the hospital outpatient department fee schedule increase factor. Currently, ASC payment updates and HOPD ...

An orthopedic practice in Collierville, Tenn., appears to have abruptly shut down, leaving patients with no answers, ...

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed legislation permanently granting independent practice authority to certain advanced practice nurses providing primary or behavioral health care in the state, ...

Here are 17 ASC projects that were announced or completed in March, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Richmond (Va.) Heart and Vascular Associates plans to open a new, $4 million 27,000-square-foot office ...

Phoenix-based Cardiovascular Consultants has agreed to pay $3.85 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a 2023 data breach, according to a March 30 report from Claim Depot.  In September ...

Despite policy efforts to increase reimbursement, spending per Medicare beneficiary on primary care physicians fell from $438 in 2017 to $420 in 2023, according to a March report published in Health ...

Anesthesia partnerships continued to take shape across healthcare the first quarter, with independent groups, health systems and ASCs striking new and renewed contracts. Here are five new and expanded ...

Two Sutter Health facilities, including an ASC, have agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations of failing to guard against the theft and diversion of controlled substances, the Justice ...

Practice owners receive only 35% of income from salary compared to 69.5% for employees, with 40.8% from productivity and 18.2% from practice financial performance, according to the American Medical ...

Anesthesia coverage is emerging as one of the most critical and fragile operational pillars for ASCs. ASC leaders repeatedly cite the convergence of workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure and ...

As outpatient surgery continues its rapid migration from hospitals, a tension is emerging: the same payers pushing care into lower-cost settings are also making it harder to deliver it. From prior ...