As payer prior authorization requirements grow more complex, ASCs are increasingly caught in what one administrator describes as a “game of chicken” between patient care and financial survival. Elisa Auguste, administrator at East Setauket, N.Y.-based Precision Care Surgery Center and…
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Hackensack Meridian Hackensack (N.J.) University Medical Center has opened a new Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The center provides specialized care for patients with IBD and related colorectal conditions and is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterology, colorectal surgery,…
Here are five anesthesia leaders who stepped into leadership roles in January: Note: This list is not exhaustive. 4. Hackensack, N.J.-based Olena Medical named Mrinal Agrawal, MD, an anesthesiologist and pain management physician, as chief medical officer.
As ASCs continue to grow in scope and complexity, leadership responsibilities are increasingly shared across administrative, operational and clinical roles. But ASC administrators say certain functions — particularly those tied to quality, safety and staff development — should remain firmly…
The de novo ASC market is being reshaped by population shifts, site-of-service changes and the growing push toward value-based care, according to Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth founder and chairman Dan Tasset. As many existing ASCs struggle to adapt to new cost…
A former Saginaw, Mich., physician will be tried on 23 counts of Medicare fraud and false claims, according to a Jan. 22 news release from the Michigan Attorney General. What happened?
Healthcare leaders know physician turnover is expensive. What’s less obvious is why so many retention initiatives fail to deliver lasting results. Too often, engagement is treated as a survey, retention as an HR metric and alignment as an abstract goal.…
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While AI is everywhere in healthcare strategy discussions, most initiatives never make it past pilot. Nearly 80 percent of healthcare AI efforts stall because the underlying data is fragmented, unreliable or difficult to govern at scale. The discussion focuses on…
Feb 17, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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- Khoi Hoang, WW MDM Field CTO, Informatica
- Richard Crame, Chief Strategist, ZCLAP
The anesthesia workforce shortage is nothing new in healthcare — especially not for ASC leaders, who have cited the ongoing crisis as one of their top concerns in the year ahead. There are, however, new data, technology, clinical and policy…
Denials, audits and delayed payments are accelerating across ASC, and leaders say payer behavior has become more aggressive, automated and less collaborative over the past year. Five ASC executives joined Becker’s to discuss how they’re adapting, from tightening documentation and…