Medical malpractice verdicts topping $10 million — often dubbed “nuclear” awards — are becoming more common as juries hand down eye-popping damages for catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths. Physician groups, including the American Medical Association, have warned that the post-COVID-19…
Author: Patsy Newitt
As payer prior authorization requirements grow more complex, ASCs are increasingly caught in what one administrator describes as a “game of chicken” between patient care and financial survival. Elisa Auguste, administrator at East Setauket, N.Y.-based Precision Care Surgery Center and…
The de novo ASC market is being reshaped by population shifts, site-of-service changes and the growing push toward value-based care, according to Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth founder and chairman Dan Tasset. As many existing ASCs struggle to adapt to new cost…
A former Saginaw, Mich., physician will be tried on 23 counts of Medicare fraud and false claims, according to a Jan. 22 news release from the Michigan Attorney General. What happened?
The anesthesia workforce shortage is nothing new in healthcare — especially not for ASC leaders, who have cited the ongoing crisis as one of their top concerns in the year ahead. There are, however, new data, technology, clinical and policy…
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Denials, audits and delayed payments are accelerating across ASC, and leaders say payer behavior has become more aggressive, automated and less collaborative over the past year. Five ASC executives joined Becker’s to discuss how they’re adapting, from tightening documentation and…
Relationships across the ASC ecosystem are under growing strain, but ASC leaders say payers are the clear pressure point. Five executives joined Becker’s to discuss how denials, shifting policies and reimbursement pressure are reshaping how ASCs work with insurers, health…
As employers push patients to lower-cost sites of care and regulators nudge providers toward downside risk, value-based care is moving from theory to reality, and it is coming at “lightning speed,” according to Dan Tasset, founder and chairman of Leawood,…
NueHealth’s latest expansion isn’t about entering new markets, it’s about finding partners prepared for healthcare’s next phase. The Leawood, Kan.-based ASC company announced four new partnerships across Missouri and New Jersey on Jan. 21, adding Hackensack (N.J.) Musculoskeletal Surgery Center,…
When anesthesia leaders are left out of operational decisions, the consequences can ripple across scheduling, staffing and surgeon satisfaction, according to Megan Friedman, DO, chair and medical director at Los Angeles-based Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants. Editor’s note: This interview was…