ASC News

  Here are the five most-read articles on Becker's ASC Review for the week of Jan. 25 through Feb. 1:

Elyria, Ohio-based University Hospital is renaming its busiest outpatient center the UH Minoff Health Center at Chagrin Highlands, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Facing competition in the outpatient space and new regulatory initiatives, the hospital sector has the most to gain or lose from healthcare disruption, according to Thomas Campanella, Berea, Ohio-based Baldwin Wallace University's Health Care MBA director.

Great River, N.Y.-based Fellow Health Partners, a medical business solutions company, is expanding its team after growing into the ASC market through a partnership.

Shriners Hospitals For Children — Tampa (Fla.) will transition away from its inpatient model to an entirely outpatient, same-day model in August, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Vermont is home to even fewer Medicare-certified ASCs than Washington, D.C, which has three, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

California has more Medicare-certified ASCs than any other state, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. It is the third largest state in the U.S., based on square mileage.

  Evansville (Ind.) Surgery Center Administrator Lana Seibert, BSN, shared the top trends and challenges ASCs will face in the next 10 years.

Attorney Kara Friedman told Becker's ASC Review about the biggest challenges her healthcare clients faced in 2018, how they can address those issues and what obstacles they'll encounter in the coming year.

Price transparency, patient experience and opioid use are among the top challenges healthcare executives face in 2019, according to The National Law Review.