ASC leaders have been increasingly vocal about the miscalculation of treating the center as one enterprisewide profit-and-loss statement instead of a collection of distinct businesses, each with its own economics. As reimbursement tightens and cost structures shift, some of the…
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The federal NOPAIN Act (Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act), which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, created a separate Medicare reimbursement pathway for qualifying non-opioid pain management therapies in ASCs and HOPDs. For orthopedic providers, the legislation expands access…
by: LocumTenens.com Mergers, physician group exits and service line changes rarely arrive with a convenient pause. Schedules still need filling. Quality and safety metrics still need to hold. And whoever owns clinical staffing suddenly faces a problem that looks nothing…
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Eight in 10 ENT physicians say a proposed CMS payment cut could reduce seniors’ access to care, with more than two-thirds saying they would need to see fewer Medicare patients and 14% saying they would stop accepting Medicare entirely, according…
Physicians employed by health insurance companies report significantly more pressure to keep patients within their network than those working for hospitals or private equity-owned practices, according to a new survey from the Physicians Advocacy Institute. The 2026 PAI Employed Physician…
When Ascension closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg in June 2025, adding 250 ASCs across 34 states to its network, the FTC forced the nonprofit system to divest seven of those centers before the deal closed. The deal pushed…
As hospital mergers centralize decision-making, physicians are voting with their case volume — and a growing share of that vote is going to ASCs. For Martin Jenter, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Integrowth Orthopedic Specialists, with privileges at Henry Ford…
Most revenue cycle teams are not underperforming because people are not trying. They are underperforming because the work is scattered. Every added vendor creates another handoff. Every handoff creates a place where accountability goes soft and a claim can sit.…
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- Alicia Johnson, Associate VP of Revenue Cycle, Lake Regional Health System
- Nicole Rogas, President, RevSpring
Advances in endoscopic surgery, robotics, motion preservation and complex reconstruction are expanding what is possible in spine care. Surgeons across the country are helping drive that progress while advancing research, refining surgical techniques and educating the next generation. The following…
Millennial physician pay rose to $364,000 on average in 2025, up from $354,000 the prior year, driven largely by gains among specialists, whose average compensation climbed from $380,000 to $392,000, while primary care physician pay held flat at $279,000, according…