Category: ASC News

United Surgical Partners International has maintained its status as an industry-leading ASC operator in the last year. Here is an overview of what the company has done in 2023:

In February, four lawmakers reintroduced legislation to increase Medicare beneficiaries’ access to affordable outpatient surgical care, known as the Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act.

As ASCs have to compete with major health systems for physician talent, a new tool from the Association of American Medical college provides a window into which specialties may be easier to hire than others. 

Epic has been crowned the most popular electronic health records system for physicians in 2023, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Physicians and Electronic Health Records Report,” published Nov. 29. 

As 2023 comes to an end, ASC leaders and physicians are beginning to set their goals for the coming year. Headed into 2024, the majority of leaders are prioritizing ASC and outpatient growth, as well as addressing proposed cuts from CMS and murky payer…

Around 83% of physicians are concerned about unauthorized parties accessing private patient information through their electronic health record systems, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Physicians and Electronic Health Records Report,” published Nov. 29.&n…

The top reason that physicians said their employer or practice switched electronic health record systems in 2023 was because their current EHR did not allow information sharing with other EHRs, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Physicians and Electronic He…

Stephen Marshall, senior vice president of operations at Surgery Partners, has been named vice president and COO for Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health System’s ambulatory surgery division. 

U.S. News & World Report has added “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” to its annual rankings.

Here are three kickback schemes involving physicians that Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 2: