ASC News

  CMS released preliminary data from its 2019 Quality Payment Program performance review Oct. 27. Here are six takeaways for ACSs:

  Here are the top three ASCs in Midwest states named in Newsweek's ranking of "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2021:"

  A survey of 3,500 physicians by the American Medical Association looked at physician practice viability. Here are five key figures from results shared Oct. 28:

  Meredith Warf, administrator at Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, shared her predictions for ASCs over the next 12 months.

The ASC industry is dynamic and has a growing role in the healthcare ecosystem as more procedures become outpatient.

  Bloomington, Ind.-based device company Cook Medical launched its Hercules 100 transnasal esophageal balloon in the U.S., according to an Oct. 26 press release.

  A study published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology suggests that an ultrasound tool for the neck could be used to cut down on aerosol-generating procedures for otolaryngologists during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Columbia, Tenn.-based Maury Regional Medical Center suspended its elective surgery program Oct. 26, in response to surging COVID-19 case numbers in the region, The Daily Herald reports.

The recent completion of the first outpatient anterior total hip arthroplasty at Bone and Joint Institute of Tennessee Surgery Center in Franklin, TN, was an especially notable accomplishment for orthopaedic surgeon Brian Perkinson, M.D., one of the center’s twelve surgeon-owners.

  Little Rock-based Arkansas Otolaryngology Center provided notice of an email breach that happened earlier this year, according to an Oct. 22 news release.