Orthopaedic Associates designed their new ASC, they mapped it the way a patient experiences it: from walking in the door to the operating room to recovery. They built the center around that path, ...

Certified anesthesiologist assistants won their battle for licensure in Tennessee in May 2025, and its first CAAs began taking on anesthesia cases in October. The first cases took place at HCA ...

Academic surgeons and surgical trainees consistently overestimate the cost of common labs, imaging and operations, according to a study published in Global Surgical Education, the journal of the ...

Summit Health has opened a 55,000-square-foot multispecialty facility in Livingston, N.J.,. bringing 14 specialty and support services together in one location. The new site serves patients in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Demand for GI procedures is climbing, but more patients are canceling at the last minute, and some center leaders can’t say why. GI case volume per ASC rose 19% from 2023 to 2024, from 349 to 416 ...

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 ...

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 ...