Three anesthesia providers and several Georgia ASCs, along with their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they entered kickback agreements, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia said…
Patsy Newitt
Some ASCs struggle to recruit staff amid the competition of hospitals' deeper pockets, but physician ownership and efficient schedules can give centers leverage.
CMS finalized a rule Nov. 2 that changes the requirement of coinsurance when practitioners at hospital outpatient departments and ASCs remove polyps during a colorectal cancer screening.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare will acquire SurgCenter Development and its more than 90 ASCs for approximately $1.2 billion, the company said Nov. 8.
Wichita, Kan.-based Grene Vision Group is planning a building with an ASC adjacent to its existing facility.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has elected three men to its board of directors for the 2021-22 term.
A Surgery Center Services of America-designed laser eye surgery ASC has been completed in Huntsville, Ala.
Surgery Partners announced a proposed public offering of 5 million shares.
Alliance Surgery Center and the Surgical Center at Saddleback, two ASCs affiliated with Surgical Care Affiliates, launched total joint replacement programs, SCA said Nov. 6.
A medical facility that formerly housed a surgery center has sold for $4.35 million in Fort Myers, Fla.