Author: Carly Behm

  CMS released preliminary data from its 2019 Quality Payment Program performance review Oct. 27. Here are six takeaways for ACSs:

  Here are the top three ASCs in Midwest states named in Newsweek's ranking of "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2021:"

  A survey of 3,500 physicians by the American Medical Association looked at physician practice viability. Here are five key figures from results shared Oct. 28:

  Here are six updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

  Lance Kugler, MD, of Omaha, Neb.-based Kugler Vision, is slated to be the first surgeon in eastern Nebraska to use Acrysof IQ Vivity Lens from Geneva, Switzerland-based Alcon, according to an Oct. 27 press release.

  LASIK Vision Centers of Cleveland is reporting an uptick in LASIK procedures despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an Oct. 27 report from Cleveland.com. 

  Columbia University Irving Medical Center named a new leader in pediatric cardiology, according to an Oct. 26 press release.

  Meredith Warf, administrator at Jackson-based Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, shared her predictions for ASCs over the next 12 months.

  A certified registered nurse anesthetist at Aiken (S.C.) Regional Medical Centers was awarded $1,000 for a research project, according to an Oct. 26 report from the Aiken Standard.

  Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center broke ground on construction for its Advanced Orthopaedic Institute, according to a press release. Here are five details to know: