ASC News

The University of Vermont Medical Center is redirecting some surgeries to its ASC after a burst pipe resulted in the flooding of  most of its operating rooms over the weekend, VTDigger reported April 4. 

Nationwide, a median of 1,152 surgical cases are performed yearly in each ASC operating room, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

In every region of the U.S., gastroenterology claims the highest percentage of ASC cases of any surgical specialty.

The consolidation of hospitals and providers into larger health systems is changing the landscape of how health care is delivered across the country. While there are continued debates on the benefits of consolidation, the trend is not slowing down.

A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against private equity firm HIG Capital alleging its ASC management company, Surgery Partners, was running a scheme to bill Medicare for unnecessary urine drug tests, according to court documents…

Rural areas are tough places for ASCs to thrive. The population is spread out, and many rural states have the obstacle of certificate of need policies, which require physicians to obtain approval to open or expand ASCs. 

The building housing Las Vegas-based Affinity Surgery Center was sold, according to a March 31 LinkedIn post.

As supply and labor costs rise and reimbursements decline, many physicians are flocking to employment models for compensation stability. 

Physician practices that received much-needed financial assistance to recover from pandemic losses may be required to return the funds if they didn't meet reporting requirements, according to a report in Bloomberg Law.

ASCs in the U.S. perform an average of 18 surgical cases per day, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022. There are notable differences between regions, however.