The Affordable Care Act reshaped the health care landscape, expanding coverage while accelerating consolidation, administrative oversight, and complex benefit design. Neurosurgeons and their patients now live with the downstream consequences: delayed access, rising out-of-pocket costs, and pervasive burnout. Neurosurgical ASCs…
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Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular procedures both safe and efficient in ASCs. Organizations that proactively redesign site-of-care strategy around…
Memphis-based physician Sanjeev Kumar has been convicted for 40 criminal counts on healthcare fraud and improper reuse of medical devices, according to a Jan. 8 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee. What happened?
Becker’s reported on eight physician practice deals since Jan. 1: 1. National diagnostic imaging company RadNet acquired Fort Myers, Fla.-based Radiology Regional and its 13 locations in the region. Radiology Regional provides outpatient diagnostic imaging services in Naples, Cape Coral,…
Hackensack, N.J.-based Olena Medical has named Mrinal Agrawal, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management physician, as chief medical officer. Dr. Agrawal will lead clinical operations, physician development and quality initiatives across Olena’s anesthesia network, according to a Jan. 9 news…
ASC leaders across the country are struggling to maintain margins as operational costs continue to climb faster than reimbursement can catch up. Five ASC leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss the best ways that ASCs can get ahead of rising…
As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the factors limiting broader adoption are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have made far more procedures feasible in ASCs than in years past, according to…
Revenue leakage is no longer limited to the back end of the revenue cycle. As Medicaid eligibility fluctuates, Medicare payments tighten and coverage rules evolve, missed revenue is increasingly happening before a claim is ever submitted. Health systems that fail…
Feb 26, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Presenters
Joanna Caballero, MHA, CCS, CRC, CRCR
Corporate Vice President, Revenue Cycle/SBO, Scripps Health
Anita Colon
VP, Revenue Cycle Operations Temple Health
Paul LePage
VP Revenue Cycle, UC Davis
Christine Sturtevant
VP Revenue Cycle, Vandalia
Sarah Brainard
Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, Office Ally
Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care gastroenterologists have performed the first U.S. procedure using Archimedes, a newly FDA-approved biodegradable pancreatic stent. The stent, used during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, helps treat patients with pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer and related conditions. Unlike…
A medical office building in Escondido, Calif., has been sold for $36.4 million, according to a Jan. 8 report from REBusiness Online. The 72,000-square-foot center includes an ASC, endoscopy center, onsite pharmacy and cardiology lab services. Neighborhood Healthcare acquired the…