ASCs play a critical role in healthcare delivery—offering safe, efficient, and lower-cost alternatives to hospital-based surgery. Yet despite their value, many ASCs are hitting a wall when negotiating in-network contracts with commercial insurance providers. At Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center, and…
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Pinellas (Fla.) Eye Care, doing business as Gulfcoast Eye Care, agreed to pay $615,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Stark law for its billing practices for transcranial doppler ultrasounds, the Justice Department said in a…
U.S. gastroenterologists saw a 3% decline in compensation from 2023 to 2024, with their annual salaries dropping from $512,000 to $495,000, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2025,” published May 16. For the survey, Medscape polled 7,322 gastroenterologists between Oct.…
ASCS are emerging as powerful assets in hospitals’ and health systems’ efforts to attract and retain surgeons, particularly in high-demand specialties. According to Avanza’s Intelligence Hospital Leadership ASC Survey, 93% of hospital and health system leaders view having an ASC…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners quietly expanded its footprint in ophthalmology through an acquisition of Dallas-based Key-Whitman Eye Center, executives said during the company’s May 13 earnings call. Here are four key takeaways: 1. Surgery Partners CFO David Doherty described the…
Here are three health systems that have lost or cut ties with their anesthesia providers this year: 1. Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne Medical Center ended its partnership with anesthesia services provider, Medical Center Anesthesiologists. “Following extensive discussions with Medical Center…
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Close to 50% of physicians work with an incompletely staffed team at least 25% of the time, according to a May 14 report published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The report surveyed close to 1,000 physicians across 15 organizations. About two-thirds…
From sweeping drug price reforms to proposed staffing mandates and changes to Medicaid financing, here are five federal policy moves from the last week that ASCs need to know: CMS proposes updates for third round of Medicare drug price negotiations…