Healthgrades published its “Specialty Excellence 2027 Awards,” recognizing hospitals for their patient outcomes across 19 specialties, including gastrointestinal surgery. Texas has 14 hospitals included in the list, the most of any state. Florida has 12 hospitals on the list, followed…
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Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm, grew third-quarter revenue 7.5% to $1.37 billion, even as same-facility surgical cases fell 1.5% year over year. Adjusted EBITDA rose 9.1% to $537 million, and the margin widened to 39.2% from…
Windham, N.H.-based Medicus Healthcare Solutions released a report Oct. 29 examining the forces behind a projected 24% increase in ambulatory surgery center volumes over the next decade. The locum tenens and workforce solutions company’s report, “Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Market Growth,…
Regulators cut the cost of surprise-billing arbitration by 87%, at least four states tightened the rules on private equity deals, and the Department of Justice ran the largest healthcare fraud sweep in its history — all since January. Here are…
Near-miss reporting is a powerful tool for preventing patient harm. But it only works when employees feel safe speaking up. Camden, N.J.-based Cooper Norcross Health set out to change that. By expanding access to safety data, stories and recognition, Cooper…
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- Suzanne Lane, Director of Internal Communications, Cooper Norcross Health
Nearly every pharmacy technology vendor says its platform integrates. Far fewer can show what that integration will look like in practice. For pharmacy leaders, the difference matters. Integration determines what data fields can be shared between systems, which APIs are…
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- Mel Nelson, PHARMD, CSP, Vice President, Specialty Consulting Services, Fairview Pharmacy Solutions
- Derrek Seif, Chief Strategy and Product Officer, VPL
All 10 of the highest-volume ASC procedures would be paid less by Medicare in 2027 under CMS’ proposed outpatient payment rule, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. Four of those 10 are gastroenterology codes. The cuts come despite a…
The most powerful cost-management tool at an ambulatory surgery center is not a software platform or a group purchasing agreement. According to four leaders at the 32nd Annual Becker’s ASC Conference, it is a willingness to show physicians exactly what…
Most Medicare Advantage plans still run risk adjustment the way they always have — as a specialized function, staffed and led by risk adjustment experts. That specialization built deep expertise, but it also built blind spots. Leaders trained in actuarial…
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- Aleesa Jansick, JD, MPP, Senior Director, Government Programs, Sanford Health Plan
- Koh Kerdsri, Chief Information Officer, Clever Care Health Plan
- Nicole LaBarbera, Vice President, North America, Charta Health
Four specialties pay more than $480,000 and score at or above average on Marit Health’s lifestyle index: dermatology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology and radiology. Otolaryngology falls just short, at 0.98. Seven high-paying specialties, led by neurosurgery, rank 24th or lower. The…