Insurers and patients continue to put pressure on hospitals and health systems to shift certain procedures and services away from hospital outpatient departments to ASCs, where cost savings can be significant.
ASC News
Newport News-based Coastal Virginia Surgery Center performed the first outpatient three-level lumbar interbody fusion procedure in the U.S., the center said Oct. 12, as it celebrates its first anniversary.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has urged the Justice Department to look into the behavior of UnitedHealth Group, which the society claims is stifling competition by ending participating provider agreements with anesthesia practices across the country.
AdventHealth opened its $300 million Tampa Bay, Fla.-based Taneja Surgery Center on Oct. 12, according to Bay News 9. The ASC is one of the area's largest medical projects ever completed.
Two surgery centers under the same ownership in Lincoln, Neb., are consolidating to one site on the Lincoln Surgical Hospital campus, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.
Advertisement
OrthoSC recently began offering robotic outpatient knee surgeries at its Carolina Bone & Joint Surgery Center in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Covina, Calif.-based health network Emanate Health is building an ASC with four operating rooms at its Queen of the Valley Hospital campus, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Insurance fraud charges will stand against a pain management physician and ASC owner in California for allegedly bilking a workers compensation insurer, according to court documents provided on Justia.
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson underwent surgery on an injured middle finger at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles Oct. 8.
Pennsylvania resident Ruth Clarke traveled 1,300 miles for hip surgery at Surgery Center of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City for an operation with upfront pricing she could better afford, Sunday news program Full Measure reported Oct. 3.