Panhandle Outpatient Surgery Center in Pensacola, Fla., performed its first robotic procedure Feb. 28.
Category: ASC News
Physician quality bonuses down 41%: 5 stats
There has been a shift away from quality and relative value unit-based bonuses for physicians, according to Physicians Thrive’s 2022 “Physician Compensation Report.”
Top 2 physicians at ASCs take on 33% of cases: 10 stats
On average, the top two physicians at an ASC shoulder 33 percent of the facility’s cases, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.
Fire prompts technology upgrade at North Dakota ASC
The Center for Special Surgery in Fargo, N.D., suffered an electrical fire in 2021 that damaged its video signal infrastructure, AVNetwork reported Feb. 28.
3 recent physician kickback suits totaling $300M+
Three kickback suits involving physicians have been settled in the last month, according to the Justice Department, totaling more than $300 million.
New York governor resumes nonemergency surgeries
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ended the mandate pausing nonemergency surgeries in the state, according to local NBC affiliate WGRZ.
What ASCs, physicians stand to lose when the national emergency ends
President Joe Biden said Feb. 18 he will extend the national emergency, first declared March 13, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic beyond April 14.
South Carolina hospital moves vaccine clinic to outpatient surgery center
West Columbia, S.C.-based Lexington Medical Center is moving its COVID-19 vaccine clinic, Lexington County Chronicle reported Feb. 25.
3 ASCs totaling more than $53M facing opposition
The ASC industry is projected to boom in the coming years as CMS, commercial payers and patients push procedures out of hospitals to the ambulatory environment, where they can be performed at a lower cost.
ASCs have $934K cash on hand: 12 regional statistics
ASCs need cash reserves on hand to survive in the event of sudden market changes, natural disasters or another pandemic.
