Author: Patsy Newitt

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.

A medical office building in Scottsdale, Ariz., has sold for $7.8 million, the Daily Independent reported March 30. 

The University of Mississippi Medical Center has asked the state's permission to build a nearly $64.5 million campus with an ASC in Ridgeland, Miss., local NBC affiliate WLBT reported March 29. 

Here are six updates from the CDC, CMS, HHS and President Joe Biden from the last two weeks:

Healthcare giant Optum, which owns and operates Deerfield, Ill.-based ASC management company Surgical Care Affiliates, has made two recent acquisitions that expand the company's home health and mental health offerings. 

Robert Szabo, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif., spoke with Becker's ASC Review on how private practice allows physicians to bypass administration. 

Centene is one of the nation's largest health insurers by membership. 

Here are six projects with ASCs that Becker's has reported on in the last month, totaling $177.9 million: