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The number of ASCs in all 50 states | 2025
There are 6,300 Medicare-certified ASCs in the U.S., a 3.5% increase over December 2022, according to CMS data.
ASC deploys high-touch patient pay strategy
Many ASCs across the U.S. are seeing patient copays increase for outpatient surgery, and collecting upfront from patients is tough. But it’s necessary to keep the ASC running smoothly.
6 health systems forced to close ASCs, outpatient facilities amid LA fires
Beginning Jan. 7, wildfires have been sweeping parts of California, including the Palisades, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley and the Hollywood Hills.
Anesthesia pay keeps sinking
In November 2024, CMS finalized a 94-cent (2.83%) conversion factor decrease from 2024. The physician fee schedule conversion factor for 2025 is $32.35, down from $33.29 in 2024.
RN vs. NP vs. PA pay in 2025: 7 comparisons to know
Nurse practitioners out-earned their registered nurse and physician assistant counterparts when it came to base pay in 2024, according to annual compensation reports from Medscape.
Private equity and anesthesia: 3 things to know
Private equity has an ever-tightening grip in healthcare, across nearly every physician specialty, including anesthesia.
What's next for ophthalmology?
Here are 10 new developments, breakthroughs, studies and more from the ophthalmology industry that Becker’s reported on in 2024:
Texas ASC '1st in world' to use new surgery system
Surgeon’s Point Surgery Center in Cedar Park, Texas, is the first ASC in the world to utilize Moon Surgical’s Maestro System, a digital surgical assistant.
Anti-Kickback Statute grows in scope: 5 things to know
The U.S. 2nd Court of Appeals recently revisited a whistleblower lawsuit against Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical company, creating a new development in the enforcement of the Anti-Kickback Statute, Policy & Medicine reported Jan. 8.
HCA Virginia physician group inks tech partnership
Laurel, Va.-based Virginia Care Partners, an affiliate of HCA Virginia in Richmond, has established a partnership with Pearl Health, a technology platform geared specifically toward independent physician practices, IT News Online reported Jan. 8.
