The five most popular articles on Becker's ASC Review this past week:
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Most practicing physicians are happy and would choose to become physicians again, according to a new survey from the American Academy of Family Physicians and CompHealth.
Here are six legislative updates with implications for surgery centers:
Lack of transportation accounts for about 67 percent of patient no-shows, causing about 3.6 million patients to miss their medical appointments, according to Medbridge Transport.
One patient no-show per day can cost an ASC thousands of dollars each year, according to Medbridge Transport, a company that provides medical transportation services to ASCs in Houston.
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Real estate investors are looking to capitalize on the fierce healthcare market as outpatient developments continue to surge, RE Journals reports.
Across specialties, physicians are losing autonomy and control — and as a result, they're leaving practice early, according to retired OB-GYN Valerie A. Jones, MD.
Boardman, Ohio-based Orthopaedic Surgery Center leaders went to Columbus, Ohio to find ways to make their new ASC as cost-friendly as possible, Business Journal Daily reports.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association used 2018 CMS data from June to illustrate the number of ASCs in each state.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association used 2018 CMS data from June to illustrate the number of ASCs in each state.