I’ve been involved in many of these projects and regularly consult for facilities that are about to open a new center (or need help streamlining an existing one).
ASC News
Here are seven things for ASC leaders to note from the past week.
MedPAC plans to recommend ASCs submit cost data to CMS and eliminate the anticipated 2 percent pay update for 2018, according to a Medpage Today report.
After the American Medical Association endorsed President-elect Donald Trump's pick as Tom Price, MD, for HHS secretary, many providers signed a petition titled "The AMA Does Not Speak for Us," an AJC blog post stated.
President Barack Obama signed the 21st Century Cures Act, with the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association applauding the decision to pass the law that features two provisions impacting ASCs.
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Chris Markford, CASC, of the Orthopaedic Surgery Center of Clearwater (Fla.) discusses price transparence in healthcare and what it means for the ambulatory surgery center industry.
Medscape spoke to several physicians about their favorite vacation spots and compiled their recommendations into a report. Here are 15 more places your peers think you should go, if you're looking to get away.
Here are 20 statistics on full time employee staffing for ambulatory surgery centers from VMG Health's 2016 Intellimarker Multi-Specialty ASC Study.
Earlier this year, the Association of American Medical Colleges released a report which found the nation may face a significant shortage of primary care physicians and specialists by 2025.
Stroudsburg, Pa.-based Pocono Ambulatory Surgery Center performed amniotic membrane transplantation, according to Pocono Record.