Category: ASC News

Although some ASCs are struggling amid high operating costs and low reimbursements, there are many numbers showing the industry is getting stronger. 

Medicare would have saved $194 million in 2018 if indirect billing for nurse practitioners and physician assistants were eliminated, but directly billing these providers would adversely affect small primary care practices, according to a study publishe…

Here are six hospitals that have opened or have plans to open ASCs that Becker’s has reported on since June 2:

Here are eight studies for ASC leaders that Becker’s has reported on since the beginning of May.

Trinity Health of New England’s Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford, Conn., redirected a majority of patients who need outpatient surgery to its ASC on June 9 due to staffing shortages. 

Six things to know about physician assistant pay:

Six things to know about physician assistant pay:

Florida is home to the third-most ASCs of any state in the nation, and it ranks 16th in ASCs per capita.

Florida is home to the third-most ASCs of any state in the nation, and it ranks 16th in ASCs per capita.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth, an ASC company focused on value-based surgical offerings, is gaining steam in 2022 with outpatient partnerships.