A coalition of healthcare providers, community groups and business groups was created in opposition of Boston-based Mass General Brigham's ASC expansion across Massachusetts, MetroWest Daily News reported April 28.
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Richmond, Va.-based Medarva Healthcare, an outpatient surgery center chain, added the Kubteck Mozart 3D imaging device.
CMS proposed eliminating a price transparency requirement for hospitals in its 2022 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems proposed rule, released April 27.
The pandemic disrupted physician practice volume, revenue and work relative value units last year, but the Physician Flash Report from Kaufman Hall shows there are signs of recovery.
Connecticut's General Assembly is considering a bill that would increase the 6 percent gross receipts tax on same-day surgeries performed in ASCs to a 6.35 percent sales tax, according to the Hartford Courant.
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Congress is considering a new bill that would ease the tax burden on healthcare providers, including ASCs.
OptumCare, part of OptumHealth, is transitioning physicians to value-based payment models in an effort to reach its goal of becoming a $100 billion business, according to an Insider report.
Dallas-based Tenet has big plans to grow its ASC business, United Surgical Partners International, and it began the year by adding hundreds of physicians.
A Port Huron, Mich.-based medical practice was searched by state police April 20 as part of an active investigation, according the Times Herald.
Advanced Urology, which serves the metro Atlanta area, celebrated its one-year anniversary of implementing same-day discharge outpatient robotic surgery in their ASC.