Author: Francesca Mathewes

From implementing new technology to upgrading EMR systems, here are three things that ASCs are doing to enhance their performance in 2025.  Enhanced cross-training among team members Improving cross-training among physicians, staff and other providers has enabled ASCs to become…

The Cleveland Clinic’s Cole Eye Institute has completed construction of its latest outpatient facility in Cleveland, the Jeffrey and Patricia Cole Pavilion. According to a news release by HGA, the architecture firm behind the new center’s design, the facility began…

As ASCs confront an escalating shortage of anesthesia providers, many leaders and physicians are reevaluating the way they manage their anesthesia billing processes.  Here are three things ASCs should consider when rethinking their anesthesia billing processes: 1. Strategically target Medicare…

1. Hafiz Khan, MD, is serving as medical director of AdvantHealth Tampa’s (Fla.) Center for Interventional Endoscopy, the only interventional endoscopy center in the Tampa Bay region.  2. The American Gastroenterological Association elected Richard Peek, MD, as vice president in…

Three specialties broke away from the pack with the highest projected growth rates through 2033, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2.  The specialties with the highest projected growth through 2033 include:…

Pinnacle Gastroenterology is expected to open a multi-physician gastroenterology practice in a building that housed the now-shuttered Arkansas Diagnostic Center of Little Rock, Arkansas Business reported April 21.  The new clinic is unaffiliated with the gastroenterologist who operated the Diagnostic…

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health has broken ground April 2 on a medical office building that will offer a range of specialty services, Bluffton Today reported April 21.  Novant Health Bluffton (S.C.) Health Place will be located next to the Novant…

Here are five hospitals and health systems investing in their outpatient strategy, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Morgantown-based West Virginia University Health System has announced more than $460 million in new capital projects across the state, one of which will…

Here are five surgeons in recent headlines, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Jeffrey Clark, MD, is the first and only surgeon in Iowa to use Stryker’s Mako 4 robot for a procedure. The surgery was performed at Charles City, Iowa-based…

Cardiologists at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis are voicing concerns over the university’s proposed merger with Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported April 17. The physicians fear that the merger could thwart relations with the university’s…