Here are five of the top-read stories on Becker's ASC Review this week:
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A proposed tax on Pennsylvania ASCs would hurt patients and the practices themselves, according to Pennsylvania state Rep. Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland, who wrote an op-ed to Central Penn Business Journal.
Novant Health had a local economic impact of $1.8 billion in 2018, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.
Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott passed a law June 10 establishing a licensing structure for ASCs, Vermont Business Magazine reports.
University Physician Group — the faculty practice of Detroit-based Wayne State University School of Medicine — had its reorganization and bankruptcy exit plan approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Detroit, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
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Here are five of the most popular articles in Becker's ASC Review this week:
CMS Administrator Seema Verma said the Trump administration is doubling down on site-neutral payments and reversing previous administrations' policies, claiming they accelerated healthcare consolidation, which in turn stifled competition, hurt independent providers, and hiked up costs.
A bipartisan bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act's moratorium on new physician owned hospitals was introduced June 4, according to InsideHealthPolicy.
A power outage in Clinton County, New York, affected businesses and healthcare facilities Tuesday, according to local newspaper the Press Republican.
Myriad changes are coming to the ASC industry, according to SimplifyASC's David Howerton, who attended the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association conference, which took place May 15-18 in Nashville, Tenn.