ASC News

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing HHS to block a regulation that aims to increase insurance plan price transparency. 

The Beloit, Wis., Plan Commission narrowly passed a medical rezoning change Aug. 18, paving the way for a proposed ASC from Rockford, Ill.-based OrthoIllinois. Representatives from Beloit Health System continued to voice their opposition.

Staff recruitment and retention will remain top of mind for ASC leaders in the coming months as the effects of a nationwide nursing shortage and spike in COVID-19 infection rates fueled by the delta variant continue to plague the healthcare…

Here are the 10 most notable things some of the major ASC companies have done in the last 60 days:

DocSpace, a digital health commerce platform, landed $1.2 million in seed funding from several investors, led by Los Angeles-based Slauson & Co., and including Precursor Ventures, Acrew Capital's Scout Fund, Sputnik ATX Ventures and others. DocSpace says the funding will…

Roseburg, Ore.-based CHI Mercy Health postponed nonemergent surgeries and converted its ASC into a medical-surgical unit to accommodate an influx of COVID-19 patients, KQEN News Radio reported Aug. 17.

Leawood, Kan.-based ValueHealth is launching an outpatient bariatric and metabolic hyperspecialty offering, dubbed ValueHealth NovaCore, the company announced Aug. 17. 

Thirteen ASC and physician practice groups or management companies appeared on Inc. 5000's 2021 list of fastest-growing private companies.

The Surgery Center of Amarillo (Texas) has begun offering outpatient total hip replacement to patients, myhighplains.com reported Aug. 16.

Here are five hospitals, health systems redirecting outpatient staff as a fourth COVID-19 wave overwhelms staff.