Becker’s ASC

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 Association for Surgical Education. Researchers surveyed 117 faculty members and residents in…

AI polyp detection is now routine in many endoscopy suites. GI leaders said it’s raising a training question: Can the next generation of gastroenterologists find polyps without it? “Are you an AI endoscopist who doesn’t really know how to find…

Unio Health Partners, a California physician services organization, has partnered with Tempe, Ariz.-based Basata to deploy AI-driven patient intake and scheduling across more than 60 specialty practice locations. Unio supports Unio Specialty Care, which provides urology, gastroenterology and radiation oncology…

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 cases, according to…

Patients may follow their surgeons to an ASC, but whether they come back depends on what happens between the front desk and discharge. That was the throughline of a patient loyalty panel at Becker’s 32nd Annual Business and Operations of…

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 Livingston and the greater Essex County region, according to a Nov. 12 news…

The midterm elections have revived talk in Washington of another push toward “Medicare for All,” but Dan Tasset, CEO of Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth, predicts a different future for healthcare in the U.S. Mr. Tasset, who founded the ASC company in…

St. Louis-based WashU Medicine has named Robert Schwartz, MD, PhD, director of the Division of Gastroenterology in its John T. Milliken Department of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz also took on the role of gastroenterologist-in-chief at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He started in both…