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HCA revenue hits $60.2B, outpatient cases climb: 5 things to know

HCA Healthcare had $60.233 billion in revenue for 2022, an increase from $58.752 billion in 2021, according to its Jan. 27 financial and operating report.

$310M in medical office building acquisitions in 9 days

Here are four medical office building acquisitions totaling $310.85 million that Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 11: 

BCBS leans into site-neutral payments

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association released a policy statement backing site-neutral payments as a key focus for saving billions of dollars in the next decade.

4 new procedures OK'd by CMS for reimbursement in 2023

CMS will reimburse ASCs for four new procedures in 2023, according to a Jan. 23 report from VMG Health. 

Private equity's new target could be good news for ASCs

After years of courting ASCs, gastroenterology groups and ophthalmology groups, private equity has set its sights on cardiology, a high-acuity growth opportunity for ASCs. 

How colonoscopy reimbursement is expected to change for ASCs in 2023

Medicare ASC payments for colonoscopies with lesion removals and colonoscopies and biopsies are expected to increase in 2023, according to VMG Health’s “ASCs in 2022: A Year in Review” report released Jan. 26.

How reimbursements for the top 10 ASC procedures will change in 2023 

Medicare payments for the top 10 CPT codes are projected to increase by 3.9 percent in total in 2023, according to a Jan. 23 report from VMG Health. 

Dr. Efrain Cancel joins Gundersen Eye Clinic

Efrain Cancel, MD, has joined the team of ophthalmologists at Gundersen Eye Clinic in Waukon, Iowa, The The Standard reported Jan. 25. 

4 new cardiology ASCs

Here are four newly opened or proposed cardiology-focused ASCs reported by Becker’s since Jan. 12:

The growth of GI Alliance: A timeline

In November, 2018, Southlake, Texas-based management services company GI Alliance was formed through a partnership between Waud Capital Partners and Texas Digestive Disease Consultants.