Category: ASC News

Surgical procedures are moving from hospitals to ASC settings, as healthcare data provider Definitive Healthcare illustrates.

A physician looking to go into private practice has to think about several factors when settling on a location. Prominent among them are the area’s average pay, regulatory environment, amount of competition and individual insurance market.

A physician looking to go into private practice has to think about several factors when settling on a location. Prominent among them are the area’s average pay, amount of competition and individual insurance market.

A pharmaceutical distributor agreed to pay millions to resolve allegations it paid kickbacks to physician practices, and the whistleblowers are walking away with nearly 20 percent of the settlement.

Recently opened multispecialty ASC Iredell Surgery at Mooresville (N.C.) is adding three ENT surgeons from Statesville, N.C.-based Piedmont HealthCare, Iredell Free News reported Feb. 2.

The next stream of specialist referrals could come from a software platform.

Fortune recognized five healthcare providers on its 2022 list of the world’s most admired companies.

Kirkland, Wash.-based ASC Carillon Point Surgery Center offers gender-affirming surgery.

Becker’s ASC Review has compiled populational ASC metrics for every state and the District of Columbia based on 2020 Census data, CMS figures from March 2021, and our own coverage of new ASC development in 2021.

The number of ASCs is growing across the U.S. as patients and payers demand more outpatient surgery, and the national population is growing overall while state populations continue to shift.