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What specialties are primed for ASC growth?
As the ASC market continues to evolve, some specialties have flourished, while others remained stagnant.
5 joint venture ASC updates
A private equity firm invested in a joint-venture ASC chain, and four joint venture ASCs were opened or announced since the last week of February.
100s of ASCs opened since pandemic hit: Where is growth highest?
Across the nation, there were 174 ASCs built in 2020, according to the most recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report. Becker’s found and reported on 153 of them, and in 2021 Becker’s reported on 281 new ASCs.
Where physician education falls short
Many physicians blame lapses in medical school education with creating a generation of physicians who don’t understand the “business of medicine.”
$8.3M medical office building planned in Missouri
An application to build a $8.3 million medical office building in Sugar Land, Texas, has been submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing, Community Impact reported March 15.
Idaho heart center expanding, upgrading outpatient surgery services
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based Kootenai Health is expanding its heart center and adding services.
North American Partners in Anesthesia acquires North Carolina practice
North American Partners in Anesthesia has acquired Cumberland Anesthesia Associates in Fayetteville, N.C.
7 federal healthcare updates
Seven federal government updates from the last two weeks:
Ohio hospital plans $45M surgical center
Salem (Ohio) Regional Medical Center is seeking city council approval of financing bonds to help pay for a $45 million surgical facility it’s building in Columbiana, Ohio, Morning Journal News reported March 16.
Medicare payments to ASCs drop 6.4%: 12 MedPAC report stats
Medicare payments to ASCs dropped 6.4 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March report to Congress.
