Author: Staff

While the pandemic has underscored the value of ASCs, they will continue battling reimbursement limitations, logistical challenges and consequences of COVID-19 going into 2021, according to Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Doctors opened a third location in Yonkers, N.Y., that will focus on primary care, cardiology, neurology and gastroenterology, the Yonkers Times reported Dec. 10.

Gastroenterologists surveyed by single-use duodenoscope manufacturer Ambu said they were interested in using single-use duodenoscopes for up to half of their endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedures, Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News reported Dec. 10.

Jefferson City (Mo.) Medical Group is seeking approval to build an outpatient surgery center 2 miles west of its main campus, the News Tribune reports.

Rockford-based OrthoIllinois resubmitted its surgery center proposal to the Beloit, Wis., government, after its original application was denied, Beloit Daily News reported Dec. 10.

While elective surgery restrictions devastated ASC finances in early 2020, the industry largely recovered rapidly and is poised to take on a greater share of procedures in 2021.

Grand Teton Surgical Center sold majority interest to Idaho Falls-based Mountain View Hospital and Surgery Partners, according to a report from Merritt Healthcare Advisors.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare will acquire up to 45 ASCs from Towson, Md.-based SurgCenter Development for $1.1 billion, Tenet announced Dec. 10.

CMS' Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System final rule for 2021, which was finalized Dec. 2, shows the agency's willingness to trust clinical judgement but lacks necessary changes to site-of-service reimbursement differentials, according to Bill Prentice, CEO of…

CMS renewed The Joint Commission's authority to accredit ASCs seeking participation in Medicare or Medicaid, according to a Dec. 8 announcement.