Category: ASC News

As the ASC market becomes increasingly competitive with more players vying for market share, a successful strategy may be the difference between ASCs that thrive and those that struggle.

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids (Iowa) has been unanimously exempt from state certificate-of-need requirements for a new project, according to an Aug. 27 report from The Gazette.

Nearly one in four physicians have been investigated by a medical board at least once, according to Medscape’s “‘Be Just and Fair’: Medscape Physicians’ Thoughts on Medical Boards Report 2024,” published Aug. 27. 

The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is a divisive issue in healthcare, with both strong supporters and opponents.

Here are 10 changes made or proposed at the federal or state level that Becker’s has reported on since 2021:

Currently, one in five physicians in the U.S. is an immigrant, according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association. In some specialties, like geriatrics and nephrology, the share of physician immigrants reaches 50%. 

Optum and Tenet are the parent companies of the two largest ASC networks –– SCA Health and United Surgical Partners International, respectively. Here’s how the ASC giants stack up against one another right now:

A Texarkana, Ark., physician was sentenced to 87 months in prison for illegal prescription. 

Gramercy Surgery Center in New York City filed a notice of a data breach with the U.S Department of Health and Human Services, according to an Aug. 23 release by JD Supra. 

Reimbursement differences between ASCs and HOPDs have been an ongoing challenge for surgery centers, continually making it more difficult for independent ASCs to stay afloat.