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Some ASCs are simply more profitable than others, and the reasons vary, from the surgical specialties offered to the location and more. 

Noncompete agreements prohibit physicians for a certain period of time from joining a competing practice or setting up their own within a particular geographic distance from their previous practice. But regulations vary from state to state and a recent executive…

The number of daily cases performed in an ASC operating room has jumped from three to 5.2 since 2011, according to VMG Health's "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study" for 2022.

Myrtle Beach, S.C.-based Grand Strand Medical Center has asked a state court to block a rival health system's plans for a $15.3 million ASC in Carolina Forest, where the hospital says it is a major medical provider, The Post and…

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UCLA Health's Ambulatory Surgery Center Westwood in Los Angeles was ranked the top ASC in the country by Newsweek and global research firm Statista. 

More than 4,500 physicians joined three of the largest ASC chains in 2021, with Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, further pulling ahead of its competitors, both in terms of the number of physicians and surgery…

Some ASCs are simply more profitable than others, and the reasons vary, from the surgical specialties offered to the location and more. According to VMG Health, 10 percent of ASCs operate on margins of 5.2 percent or lower.

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