ASC News

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group notified 300 hospital systems it will treat hospital services performed by Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare (AmSurg) as out-of-network claims beginning Jan. 1, 2019, WHBL reports.

The Las Vegas-based MiVIP Surgery Center's da Vinci Surgical System allows surgeons to perform minimally invasive cardiac, colorectal and general surgeries, the Las Vegas Sun reported.

New ASC construction projects face pitfalls from the administrator side as well as the developer side, according to an article published in New York Real Estate Journal.

Often, the "all hands on desk" culture at ASCs leaves little time to develop and implement a marketing plan, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III.

Here are the five most popular ASC for the week of Sept. 14 through Sept. 20:

St. George (Utah) Surgical Center administrator Ty Tippets spoke to the U.S. Senate Health Committee on price transparency, Health Data Management reports.

ASCs from across Indiana will participate in an active shooter threat tabletop exercise Oct. 5 at the Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgical Centers' Fall Conference and Tradeshow in Carmel, Ind.

Employee disciplinary issues are one of surgery center managers' biggest concerns, according to a survey conducted by MedHQ, an ASC human resources management company.

North Little Rock-based Arkansas Surgical Hospital opened an urgent care facility in North Little Rock earlier this year, Arkansas Business reports.

Glendale, Calif.-based Chevy Chase Surgery Center physicians donated more than $250,000 worth of equipment to the Stepanakert Republican Medical Center in Stepanakert, Artsakh, Asbarez reports.