The Pennsylvania Medical Society is hosting its first-ever Independent Practice Summit in Harrisburg, Pa., on June 19, bringing together independent physicians from across the state for a day focused ...
A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Thomas Health System, rejecting allegations that the West Virginia health system’s physician compensation ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added 573 procedures to the ASC covered procedures list for 2026 — 302 newly approved codes and 271 coming off the inpatient-only list. For the ...
When CMS announced in 2025 that it would begin covering outpatient cardiac ablations in 2026, Sheetal Chandok, MD, knew what he wanted to do. The electrophysiologist at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Medical ...
CMS released a proposed decision memo June 15 that would substantially reshape Medicare coverage for transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and the nation’s leading cardiology and cardiothoracic ...
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Borland Groover has opened a new gastroenterology office on Jacksonville’s Northside, expanding its network to 27 locations across Florida, according to a June 16 news release ...
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Saint Peter’s Healthcare System has relocated its general and vascular surgery practice to Somerset, N.J., with a father-son physician team leading the practice, ROI NJ ...
When ASC leaders blame inefficiencies on a workforce shortage they are dodging the root cause of the problem. In the majority of cases, facilities are dealing with a failure in workplace utilization, ...
Cardiology is where orthopedics was 15 years ago: a specialty with clear ASC potential, a growing list of eligible procedures and a physician workforce that is largely hospital-employed and watching ...
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Nova Southeastern University is opening a regional campus in Henderson, Nev., to expand its anesthesiologist assistant program.  The university is the first to offer an ...
ASC administrators and physician partners say that block time is the most avoidable margin drain hiding in plain sight. “Holding onto block time ‘just in case’ hurts the bottom line,” Elisa Auguste, ...
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems has launched SIS Scribe, an AI-powered transcription tool designed to help ASCs complete operative notes faster and reduce delays in the billing ...