Here are five new ASC projects developed in Florida over the last six months, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital and Boston-based Mass General Brigham have launched a joint venture partnership to expand access to outpatient services…
Author: Francesca Mathewes
As technological advancements, patient preferences and payer incentives continue to make ASCs a more widely accessible and popular setting for surgical procedures, leaders must take note of and balance a number of impending opportunities and developments. Jeanine Watson, MSN, RN,…
Here are five stats on cardiologists’ compensation and productivity in the last year: 1. Cardiologists saw a 4% decline in compensation from 2023 to 2024, with their annual pay dropping from $525,000 to $506,000, according to Medscape’s “Cardiologist Compensation Report…
In November, CMS finalized its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule for 2026, which included the addition of 573 codes to the ASC Covered Procedures List. This was a huge win for the Ambulatory…
Innovations Surgery Center in Rockville, Md., has begun offering robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery, becoming the first ambulatory surgery center in the Mid-Atlantic region to do so. According to a Jan. 14 news release, the center now performs advanced minimally invasive gynecologic…
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As surgical cases continue to shift out of the hospital and into outpatient facilities, physician offices have become increasingly common settings for less-invasive procedures. Here are three recent developments related to the rise in office-based procedures and the regulations surrounding…
Nearly 1 in 5 workers in the U.S. are bound by a noncompete agreement, according to data released Jan. 13 by the Economic Innovation Group. Noncompete agreements are regulated at the state level, with four states currently banning the use…
Josh Roller, MD, founder of Roller Weight Loss and Advanced Surgery and medical director of Roller Surgery Center, both in Fayetteville, Ark., inked a sale-leaseback agreement with Greensboro, N.C.-based TM Medical Properties, Talk Business & Politics reported Jan. 13. The…
Fatade Health & Medical Center in Martinsville, Va., will close April 29 after nearly two decades of operation, according to a message sent to patients and obtained by Rbs News Now in a Jan. 11 report. The clinic is led…
Bariatric surgery is a key offering for many ASCs and gastroenterology practices, despite declines in inpatient surgical volumes for the procedure. Here are five things to know about the recent clinical, legal and payer-related developments in bariatric surgery and GLP-1…