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11 ASC real estate sales in the last 30 days
From Arizona to Georgia, here are 11 ASC sales reported by Becker’s ASC Review in the last 30 days:
Defensive medicine is costing healthcare billions
Most discussions about improving quality and lowering cost of healthcare focus on precision medicine, value-based care and lowering drug and supply costs. But there is one area costing billions of dollars per year that is rarely noted — defensive medic…
Stalled BCBS deal kicks Texas system’s ASCs out of network
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas customers no longer have in-network access to physicians and facilities of Houston-based health system Memorial Hermann, The Examiner reported March 3.
Rural Texas hospital building $5M ASC to boost care access
Ochiltree General Hospital in Perryton, Texas, is building a 6,000-square-foot, $5 million surgery center to expand access to care in the region, New Channel 10 reported March 3.
All 50 states ranked by specialists per capita
There are more than 1 million physicians in the U.S., according to a January 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation report. Some states appear to be more saturated with specialists than others. Texas, which is predicted to have one of the worst physician shorta…
Orthopedic revenue, case mix for ASCs
Orthopedic cases offer the highest reimbursements to ASCs, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.
6 CEO insights from USPI, Surgery Partners, HCA
United Surgical Partners International, including its parent company, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare; Surgery Partners; and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare are three of the largest ASC chains in the U.S.
5 states primed for an orthopedic ASC boom
There is a huge opportunity for orthopedic ASCs in five states over the next few years.
5 gastroenterology updates for ASC leaders to know
From new artificial intelligence tech to colorectal cancer statistics, here are five gastroenterology updates for ASC leaders:
Court upholds $9.5M award for surgical sponge left in patient for 5 years
An appeals court upheld a $9.5 million jury award after a surgeon left an 18-inch sponge in a patient’s abdomen that remained for more than five years, Medscape reported March 2.
