These are the stories, updates and insights that made the biggest splash this year in the ASC industry:
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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.
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:
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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.
Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based Southwest General Hospital postponed all inpatient elective procedures Dec. 8, but will keep its two ASCs open, local ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland reports.
Borland Groover CEO Kyle Etzkorn, MD, said he sees the practice expanding to the south and west in the near future, according to a Dec. 9 profile in the Jacksonville Daily Record.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's decision to halt inpatient elective surgeries in the state starting Dec. 11 has ASCs in the state concerned about their livelihood, The Herald News reports.