More physicians are moving procedures out of hospitals and ASCs and into freestanding, cash-pay, office-based surgery centers, a shift plastic surgeon Heather Levites, MD, attributes to lower buildout costs and a growing comfort with lighter anesthesia. The share of surgeons…
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A medical office building fully occupied by Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in suburban Cincinnati has sold for $9.9 million, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported July 10. Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Healthcare Properties acquired the property at 8099 Cornell Road on…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and OrthoCarolina have extended their longstanding affiliation to expand orthopedic services. The two organizations are launching an ASC joint venture to provide access to orthopedic procedures in lower-cost outpatient settings, according to a July 13 news…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has begun offering pediatric gastroenterology services at its Folsom (Calif.) Turn Pike Specialty Care Clinic. According to a July 10 news release the clinic provides consultations for infants, children and adolescents with conditions including celiac…
West Palm Beach, Fla.-based DISC Surgery Center at Palm Beach has added Vanessa Gabrovsky Cuéllar, MD, as a physician partner, expanding the ASC’s orthopedic services. Dr. Cuéllar specializes in hand, wrist and upper extremity disorders, with a focus on complex…
DermCare Management has acquired Fort Worth Plastic Surgery in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and physician-owned Wilmington Dermatology Center in Wilmington, N.C., expanding its national network to nearly 50 brands and almost 100 locations, according to a July 12 news release.…
Six New Jersey defendants, including a pharmacy owner, an emergency medicine physician and several advanced practice nurses, have been charged in connection with a scheme that caused more than $20 million in losses to Medicare and Medicaid through illegal kickbacks…
Orthopedic and musculoskeletal practices increasingly find that money slips away at the front end of the revenue cycle, where incomplete documentation and manual coding can trigger preventable denials. And as payers lean more heavily on artificial intelligence in their own…
The way in which payers set their rates for anesthesiology services is causing many physicians to go around them, looking for ways to provide care without dealing with insurance companies. Payers negotiate rates based on leverage, often giving better rates…
CMS’ proposed 2027 payment rule, and its continued phase-out of the inpatient-only list opens the door for more procedures to move into ASCs — but not every practice is positioned to walk through it. David Carmichael, administrator and CEO of…