ASC News

Intermountain Healthcare launched an outpatient imaging company that will offer flat-rate prices and open three outpatient imaging centers. 

Technology can be crucial to how an ASC manages everyday operations, such as scheduling and patient communication.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center performed its first procedure using Lumenis' minimally invasive laser technology, the Moses Pulse 120H, the center announced Sept. 28. 

Emergency physicians, psychiatry and radiology were among the specialties in which most "young physicians" — those under 40 years old — were most satisfied with their pay, according to the Medscape Young Physician Compensation Report 2021.

CMS plans to require ASCs to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for staff members. 

The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington received the state's green light to plan an outpatient surgery center, despite opposition from hospital employees who say the hospital is "unable and unwilling" to staff existing operations, Seven Days reported Sept.…

From staffing challenges to excess capacity, here are four ASCs or ASC expansions that have recently faced opposition:

A Michigan pain physician faces a maximum penalty of life in prison after a jury convicted him for his role in a kickback scheme that defrauded Medicare and other federal insurance programs of more than $100 million.

Houston-based Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is partnering with health insurer Humana to give members of its Medicare Advantage HMO plans access to 26 more clinics in the Greater Houston area, effective in January.

Healthcare providers spoke with Becker's this week about topics from surgical robots to government trends.