Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has the largest total number of operating rooms across its ASCs, with 720, according to 2022 data from healthcare data company Definitive Healthcare.
Category: ASC News
Envision to layoff 329 employees amid bankruptcy filing
ASC operator and physician services company Envision has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, restructuring to deal with $7 billion in outstanding debt. Under the restructuring agreement, AmSurg will buy all ASCs held by Envision for $300 million.
Atlas Healthcare Partners taps Dan Jones as COO
Phoenix-based ASC developer and manager Atlas Healthcare Partners has promoted Dan Jones to the role of chief operating officer.
How value-based care is squeezing its way into every corner of healthcare
Value-based care is slowly becoming the name of the game in healthcare.
From cardiology to total joint replacements: The key opportunities for ASC growth, per 36 experts
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated to the healthcare industry that ASCs are ripe for taking on more complex procedures, including cardiac surgeries and total joint replacements. As more patients want to spend less time in a healthcare setting, ASCs hav…
Physician lawmakers propose bill that would tie reimbursement to inflation
Four members of the House of Representatives who are also physicians have introduced a bill that would make the use of inflation rates when calculating physician reimbursement rates each year permanent, Workers Compensation reported May 22.
The 25 best places to live in the U.S. for 2023, 2024
Green Bay, Wis., has been named the top place to live in the U.S. for 2023 and 2024, according to a May 16 list published by U.S. News & World Report.
5 health systems expanding their ASC footprint
Here are five health systems that are expanding their ASC footprint that Becker’s has reported on since April 28:
UnitedHealthcare grows by over $100B in 10 years
UnitedHealthcare Group currently has the highest price per share of any company listed on the Dow Jones, with its annual revenue growing by over $100 billion since 2012, according to a May 20 report from CNBC.
Texas physician sentenced for overprescribing opioids
Denton, Texas-based family medicine physician Stanley Charles Evans, MD, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for overprescribing opioids, the Justice Department said May 19.
