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A federal judge ruled against the 2019 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule's site-neutral payment policy that reduced Medicare payments for off-campus clinic visits.

David Walega, MD, testified to the House Committee on Small Business about removing barriers to pain care, the burden of prior authorization, and challenges related to the opioid epidemic, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

If hospitals are unhappy with their contracted anesthesia services, they won't turn to hospital employment — they'll find a new group of anesthesia providers, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health West Hospital named Seven Hills Anesthesia its surgical sedation and related perioperative services provider.

Lehigh Valley Health Network plans to acquire the assets of Coordinated Health, pending regulatory approval, the Pocono Record reports.

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Holston Medical Group partnered with Bristol, Tenn.-based Renaissance Surgery Center to reopen a surgery center, local NBC affiliate WCYB reports.

Auburn-based East Alabama Medical Center broke ground on a freestanding ASC and emergency department to meet the needs of Auburn's growing population, The Auburn Village reports.

The Sunderland Foundation pledged $4 million to expand Olathe (Kan.) Medical Center's surgical suites and pharmacy, The Kansas City Star reports.

WuXi Diagnostics is opening its first research and diagnostics testing facility in Rochester, Minn., through a partnership with Rochester-based Mayo Clinic.

Here are 20 core aspects of MedPAC's 2019 report on ASCs.