ASC News

The Athenahealth marketplace has added GoHealthcare Practice Solutions, a provider of clinical and surgery coordination, prior authorization, utilization management and patient access services for orthopedics and ASCs. 

Michael Davis, MD, a professor and the chief of urology and surgical director of the renal transplant program at University of New Mexico Health System in Albuquerque, joined Becker's to discuss what healthcare innovations he thinks show the most promise. 

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has completed and opened its new orthopedic facility, the first phase of its $227 million orthopedic project, NBC10 reported May 24. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare, an ASC operator and physician services company, has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and recently announced it will lay off 329 employees. 

Currently, over 30 states in the U.S. have certificate of need laws that impact ASCs in some way, meaning they need to obtain state permission to build facilities, make expansions or buy expensive equipment. 

Here are six updates on Walmart Healthcare reported by Becker's since April 13:

Several cities in Florida and the Carolinas have been named the most affordable beach towns to retire in, according to a new ranking from personal finance publication GoBankingRates. 

Starting May 29, Mississippi hospitals will have greater flexibility when it comes to owning and operating single-specialty ASCs, according to a May 23 report from Lexology.

Physician John Forsyth, MD, was reported missing on May 21 when he failed to show up for his shift at Mercy Hospital Cassville (Mo.), according to a May 23 report from OzarkFirst.

Over the last several years, ASCs have seen an increase in orthopedic procedures, as more total joint replacements, arthroscopies and even minimally invasive spinal procedures have migrated to the outpatient setting.