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5 anesthesia updates for ASC leaders

Five anesthesia updates for ASC leaders to know:

7 stats on California physicians

From average salary to projected physician shortages, here are seven stats on physicians in California:

Florida hospital to open $100M surgical institute

Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center kicked off construction of a surgical institute, South Florida Hospital News reported April 7.

North Carolina gastroenterology building acquired

Montecito Medical has acquired a medical office building in Greenville, N.C., the real estate company said April 6. 

3 gastroenterologists making headlines in 2022

Here are three gastroenterologists making headlines this year:

ASC case mix by region: 2022

Gastroenterology comprises 41 percent of cases for ASCs in the Atlantic, the highest of any region, while orthopedics represents 20 percent of cases for surgery centers in the Mountain area, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking S…

Omicron XE & 5 more COVID-19 updates

Here are six COVID-19 updates from the last 10 days that ASC leaders need to know:

ASC payer mix as a percentage of collections: 2022

ASCs in the South receive the highest percentage of their collections from commercial payers, followed by surgery centers in the Midwest, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.

CMS changes physicians want to see

The current healthcare landscape makes it difficult for physicians to turn a profit, and many leaders feel CMS’ policies are contributing. 

The investment ASCs can’t afford to skip

ASCs are in a great position to capitalize on the trend to value-based care. Surgery centers are the high-quality, low-cost setting for care and could save Medicare, insurers and patients billions of dollars every year by migrating outpatient surgeries…