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General gastroenterologists earn an average base salary of $526,273 — more than $218,000 higher than their pediatric counterparts, who report average base pay of $308,006 — according to data from salary transparency website Marit Health.  The compensation gap comes alongside…

From AI-driven revenue cycle strategy to payer negotiations, staffing strain and surgical workflow redesign, ASC leaders told Becker’s the biggest lessons lately aren’t theoretical, they’re financial and operational realities.  As margins tighten and expectations climb, executives are rethinking everything from…

Lansing, Mich.-based UM Health-Sparrow plans to build a $60 million ASC.  The outpatient facility will include four operating rooms at opening, with space to expand. It will handle procedures currently performed at the St. Lawrence campus and cases from the…

Health systems are doubling down on their outpatient strategy, funneling more than $200 million into new ASCs and outpatient campuses as to expand access to care and lower costs.  Here are six new ASCs and medical cetners being constructed and…

From the rise of de novo facilities to the continued decline of reimbursement rates, ASC leaders are constantly retooling their approach based on what the industry throws at them.  Reimbursements and insurance authorizations, especially when it comes to anesthesia services,…

The real estate of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Gladiolus Surgery Center has sold for $4.6 million, Business Observer Florida reported Feb. 19. Prime Healthcare Properties, a Dallas-based real estate investment firm, purchased the 7,315-square-foot building.  CBRE, who represented Prime in the…

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health and Atlas Healthcare Partners have formed a joint venture to develop and operate more than 15 ASCs across South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee and surrounding regions, according to a Feb. 19 news release. The partnership will combine…

Huntsville, Ala.-based Huntsville Hospital Health System plans to build a $14 million outpatient medical center, according to a Feb. 19 report from CBS affiliate WHNT.  The 10,000-square-foot facility will be located on a 20-acre site and ground is expected to…

A former sales director for the Northeast region of a mobile medical diagnostics company that performed transcranial doppler scans was sentenced for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to physicians in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans, according to…

Physicians told Becker’s that the next major shift in medicine won’t be a new device or breakthrough drug, but the accelerating shift from fee-for-service to value-based purchasing. Cost pressures, patient frustration and employer fatigue are converging in ways that may…