Controlling costs while delivering high-quality care remains a pressing challenge for many ASCs. From staffing pressures to shifting reimbursement models and rising supply costs, two leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the hardest costs to manage. Question: What areas of cost…
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Lafayette, La.-based Cardiology Specialists of Acadiana has opened a 10,000-square-foot outpatient heart and vascular surgery center. The ASC offers diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, peripheral interventions, pacemaker and defibrillator insertions, angiograms and angioplasty. It is also equipped with GE HealthCare technology and…
Sunny Eappen, MD, president and CEO of Vermont University Health Network in Burlington, will step down from his current role Oct. 15, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. According to the release, the decision was mutual between Dr.…
Some leaders feel that Stark law and anti-kickback statutes, once intended to safeguard Medicare dollars, are now having an unintended effect: pushing active physicians out of healthcare leadership. Harry Severance, MD, adjunct assistant professor at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School…
St. Louis-based Ascension is boosting its outpatient strategy, a pivot after years of acute care divestitures and operational realignment. Here are five things to know: 1. Ascension is in advanced talks to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg, one of the largest…
Here are three hospitals, health systems and medical groups who have announced plans to shutter clinics in the last three months: 1. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System plans to close six clinics across southeastern Minnesota and transition care to…
Here are five anesthesiologists who have made headlines in the last two weeks: 1. The Washington State Medical Association has inaugurated Bridget Bush, MD, as its president. Dr. Bush is a practicing anesthesiologist at Optum Care Washington in Everett. In…
Payers are using AI to automate and deny claims faster than ever. Meanwhile, only 8% of providers use AI in denials management. This whitepaper breaks down how leading health systems including Banner Health and Houston Methodist are closing the gap…
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Several states have either adopted or proposed new private equity laws that could have significant impacts on mergers and acquisitions in the ASC space. 1. A bill currently awaiting final approval by California Governor Gavin Newsom would strengthen the state’s…
Operating rooms and ASCs are facing persistent shortages of anesthetic agents, forcing anesthesia teams to substitute drugs and alter workflows. As of June 19, the FDA listed 194 drugs in shortage, including ketamine hydrochloride injection, which is used for anesthesia.…