Category: ASC News

Physician-owned private practices are becoming increasingly uncommon, according to a Jan. 18 American Medical Association podcast.

Cary (N.C.) Skin Center has received accreditation by the Surgical Review Corp. as the first Center of Excellence in Mohs micrographic surgery, according to a Feb. 15 news release.

Below are seven hospitals that have opened or plan to open their own ASCs:

Labor shortages among clinicians of all types are widely expected to get worse in the coming years. An Alabama high school’s surgery lab could mitigate some of the pain.

Certificate of need laws are the strongest correlation to the number of ASCs per capita in a state, according to an analysis by Becker’s. 

Flowers, chocolates, diamonds and dinner dates are all perfectly fine, if a bit typical, for a Valentine’s Day gift. Far more original is the husband who goes a different route: Booking the most romantic outpatient surgery of all.

Law firms Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel and Block & Leviton were awarded around $12.2 million in fees Feb. 11  in connection with Surgery Partners’ $45 million settlement, according to Law360. 

Does the future of healthcare hinge on patients, payers or providers? Eight ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the forces shaping healthcare. 

A physician or organization looking to build a new ASC has to think about several factors when settling on a location. Prominent among them are the area’s average physician pay, regulatory environment, amount of competition and the cost of construction.

A physician or organization looking to build a new ASC has to think about several factors when settling on a location. Prominent among them are the area’s average physician pay, regulatory environment, amount of competition and the cost of construction.