As operation costs skyrocket and reimbursements stagnate, ASCs are facing huge challenges to maintaining profitability. Here are five factors that can make or break ASCs in the coming years, according to seven ASC leaders.
Prior authorization is a big part of private practice physicians’ jobs, but it’s among the least popular parts of healthcare for providers of all kinds. The good news: There are signs that reform is gaining momentum.
ASC surgery volume is projected to grow 25 percent in the next decade, according to an analysis from Sg2 Healthcare Intelligence, a Vizient company focused on market analytics and insights.
The Federal Trade Commission has taken aim against a private-equity firms’ healthcare deal in a move regulators say could spell trouble for other healthcare agreements the agency deems anticompetitive, The Wall Street Journal reported recently.
Atlanta-based Northside Hospital health system is building a new outpatient facility with an ASC in Snellville, Ga., What Now Atlanta reported June 17.
Thirty percent of specialist physicians invested in a stock or company that turned out badly, according to Medscape’s “Physician Wealth & Debt Report 2022.”