Medicare pays the same fee schedule amount for an anesthesia case whether an anesthesiologist or a certified registered nurse anesthetist performs it alone. The two providers’ pay differs only when an anesthesiologist medically directs CRNAs across several rooms. Medicare pays…
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Precision medicine is delivering measurable performance in value-based care, but the returns often lag the costs. This whitepaper examines financing levers that can help healthcare executives and value-based care leaders advance the clinical and financial benefits of precision medicine. It…
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U.S. Orthopaedic Partners, an integrated orthopedic care platform, and Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons, a multilocation orthopedic group, are planning to build an ASC in Montgomery, Ala. The ASC will include four operating rooms, with space for two additional ORs, two specialized…
Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health agreed Oct. 26 to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners through its affiliate HealthSpan Partners. The deal makes the system the latest to go big on ambulatory surgery, after Ascension and Tenet. Here are 15 numbers…
Anesthesia coverage has become one of the costliest and least predictable pieces of running an ASC. Groups are responding by pitching tighter staffing models, while some centers are walking away from physician-led groups altogether. Here are four recent anesthesia developments…
Starting Nov. 1, providers and suppliers must use updated CMS forms for every new submission under the Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol, according to a client alert from law firm Thompson Coburn. The protocol, known as the SRDP, lets providers and…
By 2027, three shifts stop being “coming soon” and become operational reality: TEFCA’s FHIR-based exchange requirements take effect, agentic AI moves into production across the enterprise and workforce economics stay tight. The organizations that pull ahead won’t be the ones…
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- Joanna White, MSN, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Lead Healthcare Solutions Executive, Infor
- Roger Russell, Sr. Director, Industry & Solution Strategy, Infor
- De'Juan Parker, Sr. Director, Industry & Solution Strategy, Infor
Healthgrades published its “Specialty Excellence 2027 Awards,” recognizing hospitals for their patient outcomes across 19 specialties, including outpatient orthopedic surgery. Five hospitals in New Jersey were included in the list, the most of any state. California, Pennsylvania and Texas all…
The American College of Gastroenterology has named the winners of its nine awards for 2026 during its award ceremony on Oct. 10. Here are the ACG’s award winners for 2026: