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A CMS emergency regulation issued Nov. 4 requires COVID-19 vaccination of staff at healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Since it was issued, a coalition of 10 states has sued the federal government in an attempt to halt…

Physician Partners of America wants to expand its ASC presence in Florida, the pain management practice said Nov. 11.

A Massachusetts ASC performed its first outpatient spine procedure, and six other joint venture ASC updates to know:

Here are four hospitals or health systems that have laid off employees or announced plans to since Sept. 1:

The North Valley Surgery Center in Scottsdale, Ariz., recently onboarded the CORI surgical system, the ASC said Nov. 11.

From federal mandates to proposed state bills, here are three pieces of legislation that affect ASCs:

Here are six COVID-19 updates from the last week:

CMS' 2022 outpatient final payment rule was largely disappointing for ASC administrators, many of whom were baffled by the agency's swift change in policy regarding payment for certain procedures in the outpatient setting.

CMS finalized the 2022 ASC payment rules and approved procedures list on Nov. 2, with 255 procedures removed from the outpatient surgery list. These leader spoke to Becker's ASC Review about what that could mean:

HHS is investigating a data incident that may have affected 137,820 patients at the Urology Center of Colorado in Denver.