ASC News

Becker's ASC Review has compiled populational ASC metrics for every state and the District of Columbia based on 2020 Census data, CMS figures from March 2021, and our own coverage of new ASC development in 2021.

The number of ASCs is growing across the U.S. as patients and payers demand more outpatient surgery, and the national population is growing overall while state populations continue to shift.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health is expanding its outpatient services on Long Island, the health system said Jan. 31.

Allergy and immunology reported the biggest salary decreases among all specialists in 2021, according to an annual report by advisory group Physicians Thrive.

With the U.S. stock market tanking in recent weeks, many investors' portfolios have taken a hit. But those with ownership shares in an ASC might not have much to worry about.

Here are six studies published by Becker's in the last two weeks:

R&R Surgical Institute, an ASC in Torrance, Calif., has seen tremendous growth in the three and a half years since it opened and achieved accreditation through the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program this year.

Moving surgeries to ASCs and decreasing operating room availability by 15 percent helped the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center handle a 30 percent staff shortage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study presented at an American Society of…

Plastic surgeons saw the biggest average increase in salary among all specialists in 2021, according to an annual report published Jan. 26 by advisory group Physicians Thrive.

The CEO of several medical imaging companies in California has been sentenced to five years in prison for spearheading a billing fraud scheme that paid millions in kickbacks to physicians.