The Federal Trade Commission’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg was designed to preserve local competition in five states. Whether it will actually accomplish that is a different question, and…
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Every health system was built around a fundamental constraint: limited human expertise. As AI changes that equation, leaders face a new challenge: solving today’s operational pressures while preparing for a future that looks fundamentally different. Join leaders from St. Luke’s…
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The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s June 2026 report to Congress focuses on broader Medicare payment incentives, enrollment complexity, improper payments and Medicare Advantage’s effects on provider finances. In the report, MedPac continues to build its argument that fee-for-service Medicare creates…
The independent ambulatory surgery center model was built, in part, on volume. Fill the rooms. Turn the cases. Keep the schedule moving. But as reimbursement rates compress and payer pressure intensifies, several ASC leaders say that logic has become a…
Independence Blue Cross and Highmark have implemented new policies aimed at reducing healthcare spending by steering certain outpatient procedures from hospitals to lower-cost ASCs, according to a June 14 report by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia-based Independence Blue Cross launched its…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health opened the doors June 16 to Scotts Hill Medical Center, a $294 million, 66-bed surgical hospital straddling the Pender and New Hanover county border near Wilmington, N.C., Wilmington Biz reported June 12. The development is one…
Annapolis, Md.-based Vision Innovation Partners has appointed Brad Foster, MD, as chief medical and strategy officer. Dr. Foster will collaborate with Vision Innovation Partners’ physicians to establish clinical performance benchmarks and drive greater accountability through standardized processes, according to a…
A Florida physician and three staff members at a medical research center have been charged with falsifying clinical trial data for prospective new drug treatments, the Justice Department said in a June 10 news release. Jaynier Moya, MD, co-owner and…
Healthcare organizations have spent years investing in personalization, digital engagement, omnichannel outreach, and member experience. Yet despite more communications, more channels, and more technology, behavior change remains frustratingly difficult to achieve at scale. Why? Because most organizations still treat behavior…
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- Koleen Cavanaugh, SVP & Chief Marketing Officer, Independence Blue Cross
- Bukata Hayes, Chief Community Health Officer, HMO Minnesota (Blue Plus)
- Nathan Foco, Chief Marketing and Insights Officer, Select Health
- Trish Cox, Chief Experience Officer, SCAN Health Plan
- Jonas Puente, Associate Principal, ZS Associates
Cataract surgery accounts for 18% of all ASC procedure volume and has generated more Medicare savings than any other single procedure in the ambulatory setting, but it took decades to get there. Cardiac catheterization and percutaneous laminectomy are starting from…