For ASCs, maximizing capacity doesn’t always mean adding operating rooms or expanding facilities. Sometimes, it means rethinking the processes that determine how existing space is used. At Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s Surgery Center Division, that meant moving away from individual…
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Hospitals don’t always need more beds to create capacity. They need intelligence to make better decisions sooner, and the ability to turn those decisions into coordinated action. Too often, patient decisions happen after delays have already taken place. Discharge barriers…
Nov 18, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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- Deanna Parker, MBA, MHA, BSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, UofL Health Downtown
- Michelle Skinner, MBA, BSN, RN, Chief Clinical Executive, TeleTracking
A Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based ASC performs retina surgery two to three times a month and could do much more. “If we break even, it’s a miracle with retina,” Kimberly Fullone, administrator of Ambulatory Surgery Center of Niagara, told Becker’s. Ms.…
Researchers at Weston, Fla.-based Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital found that states that expanded Medicaid saw a smaller rise in inflammatory bowel disease-related mortality than states that did not. The difference was not statistically significant. The team presented the findings at…
Physician practice consolidation is driving demand for both larger multispecialty medical office buildings and smaller neighborhood clinics, according to Colliers’ third-quarter 2026 healthcare services report, GlobeSt reported Oct. 14. Hospital systems, corporate owners and private equity firms continue to absorb…
ASCs have less than 15 months before a federal payment for non-opioid pain management products is set to expire, and the 2027 Medicare OPPS/ASC proposed rule does not extend the payment. Here are seven things to know:
BJC HealthCare and WashU Medicine, both based in St. Louis, are opening a 117,000-square-foot outpatient center in St. Louis. The Center for Advanced Medicine–Sunset Hills will provide outpatient surgery and specialty care including orthopedics, cardiology and gastroenterology, according to an…
Only 35% of OhioHealth patients with diabetes were completing recommended eye tests. To close that gap, the health system integrated FDA-cleared autonomous AI testing directly into primary care visits and Epic workflows, allowing patients to receive results before leaving the…
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Chronic disease can develop for years before diagnosis, yet many risk calculators rely on decades-old patient cohorts and a single snapshot of a patient’s health. Researchers at Meir Medical Center, part of Clalit Health Services, retrained cardiovascular and Type 2…
Nov 9, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST
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- Guy Leitersdorf, Founder & CEO, Longevity AI
- Dr. Ariel Soffer, M.D., F.A.C.C, Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Board Certified Cardiovascular Specialist
- Dr. Liat Barzilay-Yoseph, M.D., Specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology Head of the Obesity and Diabetes Unit, Meir' Medical Center, Israel
San Antonio-based South Texas Spinal Clinic has sued Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, alleging the company used acquisition talks to obtain confidential data and then recruit the clinic’s top-producing physicians, according to court documents reviewed by Becker’s. The lawsuit, filed Oct.…