In the past year, ASCs across the country have seen a notable acceleration in payer changes — from tighter reimbursement models and rising costs to an industrywide push toward bundled payments and value-based care. The more than 28 leaders featured…
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In May 2023, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health and Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners announced plans to partner for outpatient surgical care expansion. Bon Secours Mercy Health is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. and has more…
As more high-acuity procedures, including spine procedures, have migrated to the outpatient setting, a number of new spine-focused ASCs have been planned in the U.S. By 2028, 88% of spinal decompressions and laminectomies and 67% of cervical spinal fusions are…
Amid a growing anesthesia workforce shortage, stakeholders across the industry are pondering how to build a more sustainable and effective pipeline of providers. Seven anesthesia leaders connected with Becker’s to discuss their most urgent priorities for combating the shortage, from…
Here are four states where legislation has been signed and introduced changing the way CRNAs are able to practice, as reported by Becker’s in 2025:
Firefighters responded to a May 17 structural fire at Harman Eye Surgery Center in Forest, Va., and the cause of the fire has now been identified. An investigation by the Forest Volunteer Fire Department determined electrical issues within the building…
Rhode Island ophthalmologist Joseph Dowling Jr., MD, died May 12 at 98, according to an obituary posted in The Providence Journal. Dr. Dowling attended Tufts University Medical School in Boston and Brown University in Providence, R.I., where he eventually went…
Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has broken ground on an ASC and medical office building in Chesterfield County, Va. The four-story Chesterfield Pavilion will total 100,000 square feet and house an ASC with four operating rooms and two procedure rooms, according…
From a new way hospitals and health systems are utilizing ASCs to growing burnout from physicians, here are five trends in the physician workforce that ASC leaders need to keep tabs on: ASC’s emerging role in recruiting surgeons and physicians…
Performing total joint arthroplasty procedures in an ASC setting led to more 0-day stays, fewer patients being discharged to skilled nursing facilities and lower costs, according to a study from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The…