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Twenty ASC owners, administrators and operators share one bold prediction about new specialties and procedures, mergers and acquisitions, and overall outlook for the ASC industry.

Harris Health System closed 30 facilities, including the Houston-based Ambulatory Surgery Center at LBJ, in preparation for the landfall of Hurricane Laura.

HHS extended the timeline for publishing the final rule clarifying the physician self-referral regulations.

Despite significant economic challenges brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, ValueHealth Executive Chairman John Palumbo insists the digital surgical company has "never been more bullish about growth."

One of President Donald Trump's top priorities if elected to a second term will be to "put patients and physicians back in charge of the healthcare system," according to a statement from his campaign.

CMS released its proposals for 2021 in early August, which made several drastic cuts to payment rates for both general and specialty surgeons.

Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International highlighted results from CMS' Hospital Compare Rankings noting that 23 of USPI's 24 eligible facilities received either a four- or five-star ranking.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his campaign recently laid out how Mr. Biden would respond to COVID-19 as well as other challenges within the healthcare system.

Arizona hospitals are resuming elective surgeries after lowering the state's COVID-19 patient rates to a level that allows procedures to resume safely, AZ Central reports.

Here are the most-read stories on Becker's ASC Review the week of Aug. 17-21: