There has been a flurry of state and national policymaking in the last week that could impact the business and operations of ASCs as legislators consider new regulations for physician contracting, new facility development and reimbursements. Here are five policy…
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Access GPO has entered a multi-year agreement with Medtronic to expand ASC access to the Affera mapping and ablation system and Sphere-9 catheter. The partnership is designed to accelerate adoption of pulsed-field ablation technology among physician-led ASCs treating cardiac arrhythmias.…
For physicians, the growing influence of pharmacy benefit managers is affecting how easily they can prescribe medications, how much patients pay out of pocket and how long treatment takes to begin, according to a July report from the American Medical…
As some hospitals push procedures into lower-cost outpatient settings, ASC operators are expanding aggressively and regulators are opening the door to more complex surgeries. At the same time, the industry faces mounting challenges, from rising operational costs and staffing shortages…
A mix of staffing shortages, recruitment challenges and financial pressures has fueled a wave of healthcare closures in Maine, with six practices and clinics shuttering or announcing plans to close in the last six months. Healthcare providers across Maine have…
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ThedaCare Physicians-Weyauwega (Wis.) will permanently close on June 30, WBAY reported March 3. Kori Krueger, MD, ThedaCare senior vice president and president of the North Region Physician Group, said in a statement that the closure is part of the organization’s ongoing…
The laws and regulations surrounding noncompete agreements are rapidly becoming one of the most consequential, and contested, issues in physician employment. With a national ban on noncompete agreements virtually out of the question under the current FTC leadership, numerous states…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has reopened the third-floor clinical space at its Glenview (Ill.) Outpatient Center following a multiyear project to modernize facilities and expand specialty care access across Chicago’s North Shore region. The newly expanded floor increases access to specialty services and…
A bill that would ban employee noncompetes and related repayment agreements awaits signature from Governor Bob Ferguson, Bloomberg Law reported March 10. The legislation would replace Washington’s current income-based restrictions surrounding noncompete agreements. Current statue declares noncompete void and unenforceable…
Compass Surgical Partners, Baptist Health and Coastal Health have partnered with local physicians to operate an ASC in Jacksonville, Fla. The organizations have taken ownership of Middleburg Surgery Center, a 5,500-square-foot facility with two operating rooms, according to a March…