ASC administrators and physicians say the biggest obstacle facing the sector is a reimbursement structure that has not kept pace with rising costs or the expanding role of outpatient surgery. From fee schedule disparities to outdated anesthesia payment models, four…
Author: Patsy Newitt
As ASCs continue to reshape the American healthcare landscape, the executives steering the industry’s largest platforms have never been more influential. Here’s a closer look at the leaders at the helm of the biggest names in the ASC business: United…
San Francisco-based Oath Surgical is taking on the fragmented healthcare system with a vertically integrated approach to outpatient surgery. Launched in 2024, Oath operates three ASCs in Portland, Ore., and partners with more than 175 surgeons and 20 affiliated ASCs…
The Iowa Board of Medicine has lifted its emergency suspension of a Des Moines transplant surgeon’s license after a procedural error derailed disciplinary proceedings, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported March 12. On Jan. 6, the board suspended the license of Qasim…
A Greenbelt, Md.-based vascular company and its physician CEO have agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations of billing federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary procedures, the Justice Department said in a March news release. CVR Management, Center for…
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Many physicians who could be thriving in the outpatient setting aren’t, according to Marcelo Hochman, MD. Dr. Hochman, a Charleston-based independent physician and former president of the Independent Doctors of South Carolina, says it’s a psychological barrier that holds most…
A Batesville, Miss., man has been hit with a civil judgment of more than $31 million for his role in an illegal kickback scheme targeting federal healthcare programs, the Justice Department said in a March 19 news release. Robert Crites,…
California tops the list with 105 high-performing ASCs, while Vermont has none, according to U.S. News’ 2026 ratings published March 17. The 2026 U.S. News ratings for ASCs are based on Medicare fee-for-service claims data from 2022 through 2024, analyzed…
Last week, Charleston, S.C.-based Medical University Hospital Authority, part of MUSC Health, acquired Palmetto Primary Care, the largest independent physician practice in the state, for $111 million. The organization comprises 40 medical practices, 31 physicians and 95 advanced practitioners. For…
Patients on GLP-1 or GLP-1/GIP agonists had significant residual gastric volume if the medication was not held prior to upper endoscopy, unless they were on a clear liquid diet the previous day, according to a study published March 16 in…