Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Memorial Hospital trustees allowed uncredentialed surgeons to shift procedures to Powder River Surgery Center to keep operating as the hospital readies to turn its operating rooms into COVID-19 patient overflow spaces, The Sheridan Press reported Dec.…
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Massachusetts' Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued a memo updating guidelines on non-essential invasive procedure cancellations to wholly exclude ASCs, local news affiliate WWLP.com reported Dec. 15.
A hybrid ASC and medical office facility opened in Peoria, Ariz., according to a Dec. 14 LinkedIn post by Archsol, an architecture and planning firm involved in the development.
These are the stories, updates and insights that made the biggest splash this year in the ASC industry:
Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group is seeking approval to build a small-format hospital beside its Cancer Institute and Surgery Center, according to a Dec. 10 announcement.
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Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has reimposed restrictions on elective surgeries for hospitals across the state.
While elective surgery restrictions devastated ASC finances in early 2020, the industry largely recovered rapidly and is poised to take on a greater share of procedures in 2021.
Here are the most-read articles on Becker's ASC Review during the week of Dec. 7-12:
CMS' Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System final rule for 2021, which was finalized Dec. 2, shows the agency's willingness to trust clinical judgement but lacks necessary changes to site-of-service reimbursement differentials, according to Bill Prentice, CEO of…
President-elect Joe Biden joined former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton in committing to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine publicly to boost the public's trust in it.