When orthopedic ASCs think about winning the next year, the conversation often turns to growth: another OR, a robot or new procedures coming to the outpatient setting. But before investing in what’s ...
Executive leaders help shape most formal physician and advanced practice provider retention strategies, but they rarely run them, according to a 2026 report from the Association for Advancing ...
I have spent more than 25 years practicing medicine and building surgical businesses. If there is one thing I want physicians to understand about buying or selling an ambulatory surgery center, it is ...
Independent ASCs have spent the past several years watching payer friction intensify. Tian Xia, DO, an anesthesiologist and interventional pain physician who owns three surgery centers and 11 clinics ...
All 10 of the highest-volume procedures performed in ASCs will see lower Medicare payments in 2027, even with a 2.3% average rate update in CMS’ final 2027 payment rule, according to an analysis from ...
States are moving to ban facility fees to rein in patient costs, and ASC leaders are warning that badly drafted bills could take away ASCs’ main source of revenue. “That’s their only source of revenue ...
Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Nashville, Tenn.-based Regent Surgical and local physician shareholders to operate an orthopedic ASC in Youngstown, Ohio. The partnership follows Cleveland Clinic’s ...
CMS’ final 2027 payment rules cut deeper than the changes the agency proposed in July. The agency released its physician fee schedule final rule Nov. 4, after the July 14 proposal drew 43,040 public ...
ASCs remained among the most sought-after assets in healthcare this fall, drawing nonprofit health systems, national operators, real estate investors and specialty platforms to the table. The biggest ...
Alabama’s medical liability climate is giving physicians reasons to practice elsewhere and putting patients’ access to care at risk, Nina Ford Johnson, MD, argued in a Nov. 11 op-ed published by ...
CMS is seeking public input on Medicare’s requirement that physicians supervise CRNA’s, according to a Nov. 10 news release from the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology. The request for ...
CMS has finalized a 1.91% cut to the Medicare anesthesia conversion factor for 2027, deeper than the 1.38% reduction it proposed in July. The final rate is $20.1056, down from $20.4976 in 2026, under ...