Author: Patsy Newitt

The ins and outs of when to use an advance beneficiary notice is complex, but understanding it is crucial, Tony Mira wrote in a September blog post. Mr Mira laid out the key tips on how anesthesia providers should approach…

As an industry built on independent centers, the ASC market has remained fragmented amid increasing healthcare consolidation. 

More than half of gastroenterologists under 40 have student debt, according to Medscape's "Young Physician Compensation Report 2022."

Here are five executive moves ASC leaders need to know from the third quarter:

Cardiology is a huge opportunity for growth for ASCs as payers and CMS see the benefit in moving procedures to the outpatient setting. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, a Tenet Healthcare subsidiary, is the largest ASC chain in the country. Here's what the company did in the third quarter:

UnitedHealth Group is the largest payer by 2021 revenue, according to a Sept. 1 report from ValuePenguin. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is one of the largest ASC chains in the country. 

From consolidation to physician ownership, here are five major trends ASCs are keeping tabs on:

Thirty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to "Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis"," an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson Physician Search.