The University of Vermont Medical Center is redirecting some surgeries to its ASC after a burst pipe resulted in the flooding of most of its operating rooms over the weekend, VTDigger reported April 4.
Category: ASC News
Nation’s busiest ASC operating rooms are in the Atlantic region
Nationwide, a median of 1,152 surgical cases are performed yearly in each ASC operating room, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.
Orthopedics is the 3rd most common ASC specialty everywhere but the South
In every region of the U.S., gastroenterology claims the highest percentage of ASC cases of any surgical specialty.
Dismissal of billing scam lawsuit against owner of Surgery Partners upheld
A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against private equity firm HIG Capital alleging its ASC management company, Surgery Partners, was running a scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary urine drug tests, according to court do…
93% of ASCs are in urban settings & 10 more stats from March MedPAC report
Rural areas are tough places for ASCs to thrive. The population is spread out, and many rural states have the obstacle of certificate of need policies, which require physicians to obtain approval to open or expand ASCs.
Las Vegas ASC building sold
The building housing Las Vegas-based Affinity Surgery Center was sold, according to a March 31 LinkedIn post.
Independent physicians’ consolidation alternative
As supply and labor costs rise and reimbursements decline, many physicians are flocking to employment models for compensation stability.
Physicians may have to return up to $250K in federal pandemic aid
Physician practices that received much-needed financial assistance to recover from pandemic losses may be required to return the funds if they didn’t meet reporting requirements, according to a report in Bloomberg Law.
Average daily surgical cases for ASCs by region
ASCs in the U.S. perform an average of 18 surgical cases per day, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022. There are notable differences between regions, however.
3 ways hospitals are potentially harming Northeastern ASCs
Greg DeConciliis, administrator of Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, spoke with Becker’s to weigh in on how hospitals are potentially harming ASCs in the Northeast.
