Author: Patsy Newitt

ASCs are seeing a slight increase in case cancellations, averaging a 21% cancellation rate in 2024 — up from 20% in 2023, according to HST Pathways’ latest “State of the Industry Report.” Here are four more insights: 1. Seventy-seven percent…

The average monthly gastroenterology case volume at ASCs in 2024 reached 176, up from 167 in 2023, according to HST Pathways’ latest “State of the Industry Report.“ The report surveyed 590 ASCs in 47 states. Here are five more key…

Anesthesia billing is complicated and evolving, according to a March 15 blog post from Knack RCM.  Here are nine of the “hidden revenue killers,” according to the report: 1. Time-based billing complexity Unlike most specialties, anesthesia billing is time-based. Payers…

A medical group, its subsidiary and its former physician president will pay more than $60 million for allegedly submitting false diagnosis codes to inflate Medicare Advantage payments, according to a March 26 news release from the Justice Department.  What happened?…

Radiology was the highest-paid physician specialty in 2023, according to MedPAC’s March 13 report to Congress. Here’s the median annual compensation for physicians by specialty in 2023:

Cardiology is a growing specialty at ASCs — Becker’s reported on 26 cardiology-focused ASCs opened or announced in 2024. “Cardiology is now the big hot ticket for ASCs,” Bruce Feldman, administrator of Eastern Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center in Cornwall, N.Y., told Becker’s.…

As spine surgery continues to evolve with technological advances and a push toward value-based care, more procedures are shifting to ASCs.  Amid new minimally invasive techniques, improved pain management protocols and surgical innovations, procedures once exclusively done in hospitals are…

A March 14 MedPAC report found that while certificate-of-need laws are a major factor in ASC development, other state-specific factors, such as healthcare payment models and demographics, can blunt their effects.  Here are five things to know certificate-of-need laws and…

Nanosonics has received FDA De Novo clearance for its new Coris system, a technology designed to improve the cleaning of flexible endoscopes and reduce infection risk, according to a March 20 news release from the company. Coris uses an automated…

Becker’s has reported on 20 hospital and health system layoffs since Jan. 1.  Here’s a state-by-state breakdown: California Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente will cut 64 jobs, mainly in business and IT roles, by April 25, per WARN notices. The system also…