Hospitals continue to look to ASCs for growth opportunities as they face mounting financial pressures and struggle to maintain operating margins."
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As physicians and ASCs face increasing obstacles in securing reimbursements from insurance companies, many are looking to direct-pay or cash models to cut out the need for payers.
As major gastroenterology organizations have recently made changes to guidelines regarding the quality indicators surrounding colonoscopy, gastroenterologists are reconsidering how they can keep up with new requirements and best practices.
Gastroenterology, while still largely independent, has seen an overall increase in consolidation with the rise of supergroups like Dallas-based GI Alliance.
Declining reimbursements in the face of soaring inflation and an increased demand for healthcare is a frustrating, but familiar, scenario for many ASC leaders and physicians.
Employed physicians have reported higher levels of burnout, anger and anxiety compared to independent physicians, according to a recent Physicians Foundation survey.
Screening colonoscopies in the U.S. cost a total of $23.7 billion in 2021, the most recent available data for nationwide cancer screening costs.
By the end of 2024, the U.S. is predicted to see a physician shortage of 64,000, according to research from McKinsey & Company, published Sept. 10.
Project Spruce, a consortium of nine pediatric hospitals, has successfully cut greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled anesthetics by over 50% across its nine partners.
Here are five controversies involving ASC closures, lawsuits or false claims allegations that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 23: