Author: Patsy Newitt

The Minnesota Nurses Association is asking Essentia Health not to interfere with nurses who may want to unionize at its ASC opening this summer in Duluth, Fox 21 reported March 30. 

Addison, Texas-based United Surgical Partners International is hiring at least 33 administrators nationally.

ASC developers stand to win by repurposing vacated retail locations into ASCs and eliminating the need for ground-up development. 

Two medical real estate leaders have launched a physician and ASC-focused merger and acquisition company, the new company, dubbed Medical Practice Exit Advisors, said March 30. 

Real estate company JLL arranged an $8.1 million loan to refinance a medical office building in Bedminster, N.J., REBusiness Online reported March 31. 

Physicians who are employed by hospitals could run into trouble balancing scheduling with parenthood, according to Ben Bradenham Jr., MD. 

Exporters braced for supply chain delays after China locked down Shanghai to curb a COVID-19 outbreak. 

Here are the national average costs of five common gastrointestinal procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments, according to Medicare's price lookup tool. 

The Joint Commission will conduct its accreditation survey at full capacity after making COVID-19-related updates from the last year. A recent blog post from the commission lays out what ASCs should keep an eye out for during the survey process…

In its March report to Congress, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission recommended CMS require ASCs to submit data on the cost of services they provide to Medicare.