The ASC industry is rapidly expanding throughout the U.S. as developers and ASC operators race to meet the growing demand for surgical services. When it comes to de novo ASCs, the market is being reshaped by a range of factors,…
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Payer denials remain a persistent problem across the hospital industry, but Nashville, Tenn.-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, isn’t seeing the acceleration that has rattled some of its peers, CEO Saumya Sutaria, MD, said…
Healthcare real estate private equity firm Woodside Health has purchased a 40,000-square-foot medical office building in North Carolina, according to a May 6 report from Commercial Search. The three-story building, located in Chapel Hill, N.C., is anchored by UNC Health…
Eko Health, an AI developer for heart and lung diseases, has named Steven Steinhubl, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Steinhubl is a cardiologist, clinical researcher and digital medicine pioneer. He currently serves as the professor at Purdue University in…
Dawson Med, an independent primary and urgent care practice, acquired Batish Family Medicine in Leland, N.C., effective April 1, retaining the full staff of the former practice, Wilmington Biz reported May 6. Batish Family Medicine was founded in 1998 by…
Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University is launching a nurse anesthesia program in Center Valley, Pa. The onsite, DNP-Nurse Anesthesia program will be offered at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Center for Healthcare Education, according to a May 6 news release from…
Lawmakers in Connecticut have been drafting an expansion of the state’s restrictions on noncompete agreements for low wage workers. The current proposal raises the salary threshold under which noncompetes would be prohibited from roughly twice the minimum wage, or about…
HeartBeam, a cardiac medtech company, has entered a commercial agreement with concierge medical practice Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Atelier Health to expand its cardiac technology footprint into Southern California. The practice joins HeartBeam’s targeted launch markets in the New York metro…
A Huntington Park, Calif., physician and his medical practice agreed to pay more than $6.73 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of performing medically unnecessary vascular procedures on Medicare beneficiaries, the Justice Department said in a May 6 news…
As CMS expands its coverage of procedures in ASCs and technology continues to advance what is possible in the outpatient setting, leaders must carefully balance risk, cost and logistics to meet the moment of ASC development. Two ASC leaders recently…