Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are four private equity updates since July 12 that ASC leaders should keep an eye on:

Alaska is the most expensive state in the U.S. to undergo carpal tunnel surgery, according to Sidecar Health's care calculator.

Seven ASC leaders were asked what ASC competition will look like in five years. This is how they responded:

A union representing California public hospital workers is suing a county hospital authority, accusing it of prioritizing the needs of a county-created ASC above those of the public hospital and county residents and violating the law in the process, according…

A California bill that would exempt physicians from prior authorization rules if they have practiced within an insurer's plan's criteria 80 percent of the time has passed the Assembly Health Committee, according to a recent report from the California Medical…

Anesthesiologist pay jumped 8.9 percent percent in the last year, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

WellSpan Health has acquired an ownership stake in Hagerstown, Md.-based Parkway Surgery Center, the health system said July 19. 

Physicians are bewildered and concerned about the CMS proposal to cut physician pay by 4.42 percent in its Medicare physician fee schedule proposal for 2023. 

Many physicians are shocked and confused by Medicare's physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2023, which would reduce the conversion factor by 4.42 percent. 

Seven ASC leaders spoke with Becker's to discuss how competition in the ASC industry has shifted in the last five years.