Author: Staff

Here are nine updates on ASC companies and industry-relevant companies to note:

The American Medical Association released the 2021 Current Procedural Terminology code set Sept. 1. 

As elective procedures resume to compensate for a backlog of surgeries delayed due to COVID-19, improving OR turnover speed is more important than ever before.

Anesthesia Business Consultants advised anesthesiologists to issue an advanced beneficiary notice of noncoverage to patients if there is "serious doubt" about whether the insurance provider will cover the requested service.

CMS' proposed 2021 fee schedule could spell trouble for anesthesia, according to a report from Anesthesia Business Consultants.

Steamboat Orthopaedic Associates and Orthopaedics of Steamboat Springs merged two years ago, forming Steamboat Orthopaedic & Spine Institute in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Washington, D.C., Maryland and New Jersey are the only areas in the U.S. with more than 20 ASCs per 1,000 square miles, according to a July report from Anthem's Public Policy Institute.

Colonoscopies and upper gastrointestinal procedures cost an average of 1.7 times more in a hospital outpatient department than they cost in an ASC, according to a July report from Anthem's Public Policy Institute.

An ophthalmology ASC is being developed in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to Davie Construction Co., a company involved in the project.

Work has started on Quincy (Ill.) Medical Group's ASC, according to Impact Strategies, a company involved in the project.