Most hospitals’ vendor credentialing programs were built to protect clinical spaces, especially the operating room. But the operating room isn’t where most third-party personnel actually go. Environmental services, food and nutrition staff, biomedical technicians and facilities contractors move through patient…
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Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health has acquired a controlling interest in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York, the region’s highest-volume ambulatory surgery center, located in Amherst. According to a Catholic Health news release, the multispecialty ASC now covers orthopedics,…
A proposal that would strip Medicare coverage from widely used peripheral nerve block procedures is still active nearly eight months after five Medicare Administrative Contractors published draft local coverage determinations in October. The proposed LCDs would classify therapeutic peripheral nerve…
The Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’ inflammatory bowel disease biobank has partnered with health technology company Network.Bio to expand research into gastrointestinal diseases and potential treatments. The biobank, established in 2007 within the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,…
UC Davis and the Redding (Calif.) Endoscopy Center are creating a gastroenterology fellowship program, according to a June 4 report from Action News Now. The program would train physicians to treat digestive disorders and cancers. Physicians who already completed an…
Academic medical centers are facing a convergence of pressures: Medicaid cuts under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, tightening NIH funding and labor costs that now represent 60% of total hospital expenses, up 5.6% in 2025. For many C-suites and…
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Although staffing shortages and reimbursement pressure get a lot of attention in ASC conversations, Tom Valentine, the new president of Wellbridge Surgical, thinks the harder problem is physician recruitment in a rapidly consolidating workforce. According to Mr. Valentine, hospitals have…
Missouri health insurers would be prohibited from limiting payment for anesthesia services based on the length of a procedure under legislation awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe, according to a June 4 report by the St. Louis Dispatch. The provision…
Anesthesiologist average advertised salaries shifted significantly between the final quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, with several states posting gains well into six figures, according to data from anesthesia career platform BagMask.com. Here are the states with…
The FTC’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg sent a clear message to the industry that outpatient surgery is valuable enough to fight over, and regulators are now watching local…
