The Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency in Montgomery, Ala., has issued a certificate of need for an $18.6 million cardiology ASC, according to an Aug. 28 report from ABC affiliate WBMA.
ASC leaders and physicians remain frustrated with Medicare and private payers over disparities in reimbursements between their facilities and hospital outpatient departments.
Private equity has long shown interest in ASCs, but some industry leaders believe that heightened scrutiny of PE’s healthcare investments could dampen this trend.
Private equity has long shown interest in ASCs, but some industry leaders believe that heightened scrutiny of PE’s healthcare investments could dampen this trend.
Private equity firm TPG is one of the groups vying against UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, to purchase Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC operator Surgery Partners, Bloomberg reported Aug. 23.
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