CMS’ 2027 payment rule for ASCs, proposed July 2, projects a 2.4% effective update overall — the same headline figure hospital outpatient departments are set to receive. But that number masks sharply different outcomes depending on procedure type, according to…
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Spine surgery has historically operated under two sets of economics: one determined by the care delivered and another by the building in which it is delivered. For 2026, Medicare’s ASC conversion factor is $56.322, compared with $91.415 for hospital outpatient…
ASC leaders’ approaches vary with respect to the functions they outsource and those they keep local, with the split coming down to what can be standardized and what cannot. Megan Friedman, DO, anesthesiologist and director of Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants…
Health system pharmacy leaders invest heavily in training their teams. What that investment rarely reveals is whether those teams are ready to perform when a situation demands more than process knowledge. Traditional models were built to move people through a…
Aug 10, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Presenters:
- Michael Alexander, Co-Founder, Audirie
- Dr. Tina Moen, PharmD, Chief Pharmacy Officer, TRC Healthcare
Washington is banning nearly all noncompete agreements starting June 30, 2027 — a shift attorneys say healthcare employers should not ignore, according to a legal analysis published by law firm Seyfarth Shaw July 9. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill…
Most practice leaders believe denials are under control. New data tells a different story. In a survey of 360 independent practices, only 1 in 4 could pinpoint where revenue was leaking, and denials were climbing for nearly half. The reason…
Aug 13, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Ian Maurer, VP, Veradigm
- Jana Fullbright, Director of Revenue Cycle, State of Franklin Healthcare
- Joseph Jacot, CEO, Michigan Vascular Center
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Heart Institute has agreed to pay $3.75 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2023 security incident, according to a July 9 report from The HIPAA Journal. The breach, which occurred between March 8 and March…
Lakeland, Fla.-based Watson Clinic opened Watson Clinic Surgery Center South on July 6, adding a 30,000-square-foot outpatient surgical facility to its south Lakeland campus, Central Florida Health News reported July 9. The facility sits at 4050 Lakeland Highlands Road, sharing…
ASC leaders and anesthesia executives say the flat annual subsidy, which long has been treated as the cost of keeping ORs covered, is being replaced by structured deals that tie financial support to room-hour minimums, guaranteed coverage, block utilization and…
TeamHealth, a physician-led facility-based practice with more than 750 affiliated anesthesiologists, has joined the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Group Practice Supporter Program, according to a July 8 news release. Through the collaboration, TeamHealth will work with ASA and its more…