Patsy Newitt

Thirteen percent of denied prior authorization requests made by Medicare Advantage organizations met Medicare coverage rules, according to a review conducted by the HHS Office of Inspector General released in April. 

Here are 21 ASCs that were opened or announced in April:

A study using physician surveys and Medicare claims data found no clear link between physician burnout and patient outcomes. 

Texas is a hot spot for ASC development. Here are five ASC moves in the state from the last month:

New York City and Los Angeles are the country's largest cities. Here's how ASC specialty pay stacks up in each one, grouped by practice setting and experience range. Data is from Medscape's physician salary explorer:

Value-based care is gaining traction in the ASC industry as CMS and payers see opportunities in bundled payments over traditional fee-for-service models. 

Here are four recent ASC and medical office building sales from the last two weeks that totaled nearly $45 million:

Atlanta-based United Digestive and Southlake, Texas-based GI Alliance have both recently named executives. 

Private equity is thriving in gastroenterology, with several equity-backed management groups taking over the market. 

Miami-based Gastro Health is one of the largest and fastest growing gastroenterology groups in the industry, with a portfolio of more than 343 physicians and 140 locations in Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington.