When something goes wrong in an ASC, the instinct is often to find fault fast. But the leaders building the strongest safety cultures are doing the opposite — slowing down, looking at systems first and creating the kind of psychological…
Patsy Newitt
Expansion of ambulatory care is central to St. Louis-based Ascension’s growth strategy, particularly through the planned acquisition of AmSurg, according to financial documents published May 15. The health system is poised to become one of the largest ASC operators in…
Colonoscopies are booming, but the economics are getting complicated. As colorectal cancer rates climb and updated screening guidelines add millions of newly eligible patients, ASCs are racing to meet demand. But reimbursements are falling even as procedure volumes rise, forcing…
Dare Meeks, RN, has spent more than two decades shaping nursing in the ASC space, but her foundation was built at the bedside, in the high-stakes environment of a coronary and thoracic ICU. That early inpatient experience, she says, still…
Federal health regulators are pushing back on two widespread assumptions that have long given healthcare executives a false sense of security: that complying with the Stark law is enough to stay out of trouble under the Anti-Kickback Statute, and that…
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Washington state has the highest hourly mean wage for anesthesiologists in the U.S., while Minnesota leads when wages are adjusted for cost of living, according to May 2025 data released May 18 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are…
From data-driven quality dashboards to new frameworks, ASC leaders are moving beyond reactive care, building systems where safety is structural, outcomes are measurable, and patients feel supported long after they leave the procedure room. Five ASC leaders joined Becker’s to…
ASCs are taking on more cases, expanding service lines and pushing into higher-acuity procedures, but many are hemorrhaging money on the one department that touches every single case on the schedule. The problem, according to anesthesia leaders, is operational. Centers…
The founder of a Florida-based healthcare platform has been convicted by a federal jury for operating a scheme that generated false physicians’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal healthcare programs out of more than $1 billion, the Justice Department…
As reimbursement challenges and administrative burdens continue to squeeze physicians, cash-only and direct primary care models are gaining ground. The growth data backs that up: From 2018 to 2023, the number of direct primary care and concierge practice sites grew…