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Protecting Your ASC: Addressing Workplace Violence Before It Becomes a Risk

When workplace violence strikes, it’s too late to start planning. Yet many ASC leaders still view security and emergency preparedness as “someone else’s job.” This session changes that mindset. ACHC ASC Program Director — Rommie Johnson — sets the stage…

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Richard L. Parker, Associate Director, Life Safety & Physical Environment, ACHC
Rommie Johnson, ASC Program Director, ACHC

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How to stop zero-balance accounts from bleeding your bottom line

Revenue cycle teams focus on open balances — but what about the accounts marked as paid? Across managed care contracts, these “zero-balance” accounts often hide underpayments no one is tracking. The result: $1-3 million left uncollected for every $100 million…

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Burnout is breaking behavioral health — Strategies to protect the workforce

Burnout is threatening the future of behavioral healthcare. Executives can’t afford to treat it like a downstream issue. With 93% of behavioral health providers experiencing burnout, the implications on care quality, retention and organizational health are mounting. In this on-demand…

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Thekla Ross, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist, Strategic Advisor to NIH and Tech Companies, Self-Compassion Faculty
Pierluigi Mancini, PhD, Chair of the Board of Directors at Mental Health America, Founder & CEO at Multicultural Development Institute, Author
Marjorie Morrison, LMFT, LPCC, Executive-in-Residence at SHRM, Co-Founder of Psych Hub
Madhuri Jha, LCSW, MPH, Principal & Founder at Thriving for All, Board Member at Mental Health America, Adjunct Professor at NYU, Clinical Advisor at Psych Hub

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The most in-demand physician specialties

As the U.S. population ages, increasing the need for healthcare services, salaries are rising in a number of specialties. According to data gathered by AMN Healthcare and published Sept. 29 by the American Medical Association, five specialties ranked at the…

'Collegiality, not competition': What's changing in anesthesia

As surgical volumes increase amid an aging population and higher demand for outpatient services, anesthesia providers have found themselves in a sellers market as ASCs and other facilities vie for a limited supply of providers. This has shifted the ways…

Beating the IV fluid crisis: 1 system's success

In September 2024, Hurricane Helene damaged a Baxter International plant in Marion, N.C., that produces 60% of the U.S.’s IV fluid products, disrupting ASCs and other healthcare facilities across the country. In a Sept. 29 report, the anesthesia department at…

The specialty powering ASC growth — and feeling reimbursement pressure

Gastroenterology continues to be a leading driver of ASC volume, with endoscopy and colonoscopy at the forefront, according to data from HST Pathways. Here are five things to know about GI ASCs: 1. OR block utilization for GI rose from…

8 hospitals, health systems investing in outpatient care

Here are eight hospitals and health systems that have announced new outpatient or ambulatory developments in the last 30 days, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System broke ground on an expansion at Greene Medical Arts in…

PE firm acquires physician-owned Florida practice

Private equity firm Revelstoke Capital Partners has acquired Griffin Concierge Medical, a physician-owned, membership-based practice in Tampa, Fla., according to a Sept. 30 news release from TM Capital, the investment bank that advised on the deal. Founded in 2008, Griffin…

10 stats on outpatient spine: Billing, case volume and more

Between 2023 and 2024, spine ASCs have faced challenges when it comes to denial rates, but they’re seeing progress in areas including billing speed and prior authorizations, according to data from HST Pathways. HST Pathway’s report represents 131,973 unique cases across…