Author: Francesca Mathewes

The landscape of total joint replacement procedures is changing, and ASCs are increasingly looking to these procedures for growth. 

Overall median net collections increased 4.3% –– lower than the 5.3% overall increase in compensation from 2023 to 2024, according to an American Medical Group Association survey released July 12. 

Advances in technology and the cost effectiveness of ASCs have made them a fast-growing market.

Around two in three physicians see Medicare reimbursement time as a "'moderate' issue or worse", according to Medscape's "Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report 2024," published July 12. 

Surgical specialties have seen a 5.5% increase in pay in the last year, according to the American Medical Group Association's 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey. 

Columbus-based OhioHealth ise opening a medical office space featuring 18 discrete physician clinics.

Oswego (New York) Health has performed its first robotically assisted surgery,  Oswego County News Now reported July 10. 

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Health  is expanding its campus to include an ASC, News13 reported July 9.

Debbie Aizenberg, MD, is the new CMO of UC Davis’ ambulatory clinical care services in Sacramento, Calif. 

The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson is opening a new ASC in the nearby suburb of Ridgeland, Dark Horse Press reported July 8.