ASC News

Hospitals and health systems aren't the only healthcare organizations feeling the heat from financial and staffing struggles. Several ASCs have closed in 2023 for those very reasons and more. 

Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority for ASC leaders, and that focus extends to reprocessing the endoscopes used in many…

November/December 2023 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review ON THE COVER The less-discussed threat to ASC growth Les Jebson, regional administrator at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health, joined Becker’s to discuss the threats to outpatient growth and what procedures are moving to the ASC…

A Washington-based physician was charged for his alleged role in a medical supply scheme that defrauded Medicare and Tricare of more than $13.7 million.

Niagara (N.Y.) Ambulatory Center has tapped Charles Fetterman, MD, as its new medical director, according to a Dec. 5 report from the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. 

CMS finalized a 3.1% payment rate for ASCs in its 2024 final rule, an increase of .3% from the original rule. 

Forbes has released its annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, including well-known names like Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Barbie. Four U.S.-based women working in healthcare also topped the list. 

Three Texas physicians and one hospital executive have agreed to pay $880,199 to resolve allegations they were involved with a kickback scheme. 

Here are three physicians involved or allegedly involved in opioid schemes that Becker's has reported on since Nov. 8:

The Leapfrog Group on Dec. 5 announced its Top ASC Awards for 2023.