As ASCs handle increasingly high acuity procedures, some specialties have seen a steady migration of low-risk procedures to office-based settings.
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Despite ongoing financial pressures in the healthcare industry, ASCs remain a resilient and growing force. While some predict financial constraints will drive consolidation, many industry leaders are confident ASCs will continue to thrive.
While consolidation activity remains high throughout healthcare and within surgical specialties, cardiology is seeing recent momentum toward independent practice, due to a number of factors.
Salisbury, Md.-based TidalHealth is moving forward with a plan to construct a medical campus in Millsboro, Del., according to a March 3 report from NBC affiliate Coast TV.
Becker's has reported on three ASC closures in the last month:
Greenville, S.C.-based Eye Health America has acquired an ophthalmology-focused ASC in Georgia.
From contract disputes to alleged discrimination, legal action has developed involving several physicians against their former employers in the last month.
Physician pay has been the subject of recent controversy as yet another year of cuts from CMS adds to ongoing frustration within the physician workforce, a pattern some legislators are trying to halt.
Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has completed the acquisition of several Ascension Illinois facilities, including two ASCs.
Sycamore Pain & Wellness, a service line of Lewisville, Texas-based Horizon Health, has partnered with Terre Haute (Ind.) Surgical Center to deliver pain management services, WIBQ reported March 3.