Reimbursement trends can impact surgery centers significantly, depending on their specialty mix and their dependence on particular payors. Eric Woollen, vice president of managed care for Practice Partners in Healthcare, discusses 10 trends that may impact payor reimbursement and contracting…
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Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) tweeted during his recent visit to Millennium Surgical Center in Cherry Hill, N.J.
In 2008, North Star Surgical Center in Lubbock, Texas, added a gastric lap-banding service line to its cadre of procedures. Though the service line has been put on hold temporarily, due to the untimely death of an ASC physician in…
Henry County Medical Center in Paris, Tenn., has received approval for a $7 million loan for a project that includes the acquisition of Kentucky Lake Surgery Center in Paris from a group of local physicians, according to a Paris Post-Intelligencer…
It's no secret that the recruitment of high-quality surgeons is essential to the growth and success of an ambulatory surgery center. Although recruitment is often left to a center administrator or a management company, physicians play an integral role in…
Here are 10 recent reports on surgery center transactions and projects involving hospitals and health systems. Note: Clicking a story link will open the report in a new tab.
The FDA approved Regeneron's Eylea to treat neovascular age-related macular degeneration, according to an OSN SuperSite report.
Aptus Endosystems, a medical device company developing technology for endovascular aneurysm repair, received FDA clearance for the EndoStapling System, now called the HeliF Aortic Securement System, according to a news release.
An assessment of 270 studies by the National Health Service in the U.K. found opioids are not effective for treating sciatica, even though they are widely used, according to a Pulse report.
A study found laparoscopic surgery had a lower risk of wound infection and incisional hernia than open bariatric surgery, according to findings published in the Archives of Surgery.