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Payers’ implementation of time limits on anesthesia reimbursement has sparked controversy over the last several years, beginning in late 2024 when Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield proposed a policy that would impose time limits on anesthesia reimbursement in Missouri, New…

President Donald Trump has signed a House-approved funding package to end a partial government shutdown, CBS News reported Feb. 3.  The House passed the funding bill Feb. 3 by a 217-214 vote. The vote was largely party-line, yet Republicans and…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has acquired 13 urgent care clinics and six freestanding emergency departments as it continues its outpatient expansion.  HCA’s Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare said Feb. 2 that it has acquired 13 CommunityMed urgent care centers to serve…

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly investing in ASCs not only as a method for expanding surgical volumes, but as a key element of system affordability. “We think about affordability not just being something that we state, but something that…

The anesthesia workforce shortage has become a fixture in healthcare at large as hospitals, health systems and ASCs figure out how to balance high surgical demand with a lack of providers. Three leaders in anesthesia recently joined Becker’s to share…

Here are 10 ASC projects that were announced or completed in January, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health opened an outpatient ophthalmology center in Brea, Calif.  2. Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare opened a new ASC in…

Ortho Rhode Island began offering Mako SmartRobotics for reverse shoulder replacements at the Ortho RI Surgery Center, becoming the first in the state to do so, according to a Feb. 2 news release shared with Becker’s.  The ASC is one…

Medtronic is exercising its option to acquire CathWorks, an interventional cardiology medical device company.  The acquisition follows a strategic partnership between the two companies to co-promote the CathWorks FFRangio System, which provides a physiological assessment of the coronary tree directly…

A Florida man pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare by submitting over $52 million in false and fraudulent claims for genetic testing and buying physician’s orders, according to a Jan. 15 press release. What happened?

ASCs will continue to receive separate Medicare reimbursement for certain non-opioid pain management devices in 2026 under the NOPAIN Act.  As part of the ruling, CMS confirmed the Game Ready Pro 2.1 cryo-pneumatic compression system was approved for separate payment,…