Out of five major ASC development companies, Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare own the most ASCs.
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Medscape surveyed 5,250 physicians from 29-plus specialties about how they feel about difficult decisions regarding patient care.
A study published in BMJ examined golfing patterns among physicians, finding surgeons had the strongest golf game.
Quality improves when physicians, patients and their families are satisfied with ASC procedures, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III.
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China, Apple and environmental factors affecting health outcomes will drive healthcare transformations in 2019, reports Isabelle Roughol, LinkedIn senior editor-at-large.
The owner of the former Midtown Medical Center in Chicago pled guilty to illegally selling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of opioids prescriptions, according to the Chicago Sun Times.
CMS' finalized site-neutral payment policy requiring Medicare to pay hospital outpatient departments and ASCs the same for outpatient procedures may not significantly hurt hospitals or greatly benefit ASCs, according to experts quoted in a Medscape article.
An ASC "lifecycle" lasts about 10 years, and an ASC may need to adjust to new challenges once that time is up, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III.
Rockdale, Texas-based Little River Healthcare closed all of its facilities and operations Dec. 4 — including Temple (Texas) Surgery Center — due to "unfortunate financial conditions," according to a statement on the system's website.