Category: ASC News

Since 1995, the FDA has cleared 521 artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices through 510(k) clearance, de novo requests or approved premarket approval applications. 

After a year of phone calls and appeals, a patient of a Virginia ASC has had her medical debt canceled after Medicare refused to cover a procedure that was moved from a hospital to an ASC, according to a Feb. 6 report from The Roanoke Times. 

ASCs saw case volume return or exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to a Jan. 26 report from VMG Health. 

ASCs saw case volume return or exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022, according to a Jan. 26 report from VMG Health. 

Here are 11 Cigna updates reported by Becker’s since Dec. 7: 

As consumer interest in shopping malls has decreased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems have begun filling the unused space in record numbers, according to a Feb. 6 report from NJBiz.

Healthcare data breaches have been on the rise, with five breaches over the last seven months affecting ASCs and their patients. 

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care’s surgery center in Lombard, Ill., has performed its 1,000th da Vinci Xi robotic surgery. 

20 studies to know that Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 30: 

Although the role of physician was ranked the 13th best job for 2023, 53 percent of providers said they are burned out and 23 reported experiencing depression, according to a survey published Jan. 27 by Medscape.