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8 ways to avoid ASC survey mistakes
The Joint Commission will conduct its accreditation survey at full capacity after making COVID-19-related updates from the last year. A recent blog post from the commission lays out what ASCs should keep an eye out for during the survey process this ye…
The pandemic’s legacy on spine surgery, according to physician
Just over two years ago, nearly every kind of medical appointment meant a patient had to physically go to the provider’s facility.
10 spine ASCs to know
There are more than 3,500 orthopedic ASCs in the U.S., according to 2021 CMS figures, but many of them do not offer spine surgery. Here are 10 that do:
Texas hospital opens new outpatient surgery center
Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical City Alliance opened an outpatient surgery center on its campus.
3 ways ASCs can help CMS measure quality of their services
In its March report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended CMS require ASCs to submit data on the cost of services they provide to Medicare.
‘The expert is the AI’: Where GI tech is headed
Michael Wallace, MD, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Mayo Clinic/Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Dubai, spoke with Becker’s to discuss the future of tech in gastroenterology.
5 cardiology power players
Below are five power players making a difference in cardiology:
Arizona medical office building sells for $7.85M
A medical office building in Scottsdale, Ariz., has sold for $7.8 million, the Daily Independent reported March 30.
U of Mississippi seeks OK to build $64M campus with ASC
The University of Mississippi Medical Center has asked the state’s permission to build a nearly $64.5 million campus with an ASC in Ridgeland, Miss., local NBC affiliate WLBT reported March 29.
6 federal healthcare updates for ASCs
Here are six updates from the CDC, CMS, HHS and President Joe Biden from the last two weeks:
