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Steindler Orthopedic sells $11M Iowa medical office building
Steindler Orthopedic Clinic has sold the building housing its clinic in Iowa City, Iowa, for $11 million, Corridor Business Journal reported April 29.
Medtronic exec: AI could become a GI industry standard for detection
Artificial intelligence has the potential to become a money-saving industry standard in gastroenterology.
$17M ASC logs 600 surgeries in 1st month
Jefferson City (Mo.) Medical Group has performed more than 600 procedures at its $17 million ASC that opened April 5, according to CBS affiliate KRCG.
The dark side of price transparency for ASCs
Price transparency seems great for ASCs as the high quality, low cost-of-care provider.
ASC sues UnitedHealthcare for failure to cover surgery
Advanced Surgery Center in Fort Lee, N.J., has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealthcare for allegedly failing to pay for hernia-related procedures.
13% of denied prior authorizations met Medicare requirements, HHS says
Thirteen percent of denied prior authorization requests made by Medicare Advantage organizations met Medicare coverage rules, according to a review conducted by the HHS Office of Inspector General released in April.
21 new ASCs in April
Here are 21 ASCs that were opened or announced in April:
Orthopedic implant companies may pass price hikes to ASCs
Inflation has increased the costs for medical device companies to manufacture and ship devices and implants. Now, device companies may try to renegotiate contracts to pass along some of those increased costs.
Technology has ‘transformed’ GI — and physicians must keep up, Medtronic exec says
Technology’s presence in medicine is accelerating, and gastroenterology is no exception.
6 milestones in outpatient spine
Surgeons and ASCs in Oregon, California, North Carolina, Washington and Louisiana all reached spine surgery milestones recently.
