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The Congressional Budget Office has released a report critical of the Medicare fee-for-service demonstration projects in disease management, care coordination and value-based payments, according to a Health Leaders Media report.
A team of researchers has developed a new assessment to predict whether surgeons are ready to use the da Vinci robot for surgery, according to a Market Watch report.
Oregon healthcare advocates, medical professionals and lawmakers are developing a grassroots campaign pushing a single-payor healthcare system for the state, according to an article from The Lund Report.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering has submitted a certificate of need application for its replacement outpatient surgery center, according to a Crain's New York Business report.
Second City Capital Partners of Vancouver has purchased Thunderbird Commons in Peoria, Ariz., a lot that includes Pinnacle Surgery Center, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.
Summit Health named its surgery center in Chambersburg, Pa., after retired Chambersburg Hospital physician Roy A. Himelfarb, MD, on Friday, according to a Penn Live report.
Bariatric procedures are more often being done in the ambulatory surgery setting. The most common procedure in ASCs is gastric banding, which experts estimate makes up 90 percent of bariatric procedures performed in ASCs. Bariatric surgery represents a business opportunity…
We have several different observations as we look at the market for surgery centers this year. These are as follows: