ASC News

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved several new codes for spine surgery in ambulatory surgery centers, which is a big, controversial step. The new procedure codes on the ASC payable list for 2015 include the following:

The year has almost come to a close. Here are 202 notable ambulatory surgery center and healthcare industry updates from over the course of 2014.

Here are seven daily habits of extremely effective and productive leaders, according to an Inc. article:

athenahealth has released the results of its 9th annual Epocrates Future Physicians of American Survey, and America's future physicians say they have neither the desire nor the knowledge to participate in private practice.

Valley Ambulatory Surgery in St. Charles, Ill., hosted the first outpatient total hip replacement in the state earlier this month. Here are three things to know about the ASC and the recently introduced service line.  

Here are five recent news updates on ambulatory surgery center companies.

The payer relationship is still critically important for ambulatory surgery centers to survive. While some are providing transparent prices online or working with corporate partners to drive large employers and medical tourists to their low-cost facilities, the majority of ASCs…

Here are four strategies for improving customer service over the phone at a medical practice, according to a Physician's Practice report:

The business of medicine is becoming of paramount importance, but physicians are continually considered to be lacking in business acumen. A recent Medscape article argues that physicians do in fact have the capacity for business intelligence, though not always in…

Ambulatory surgery centers often benchmark against national averages for accounts receivable and financial situation.