Vision Innovation Partners has opened the Maryland Vision Institute Surgical Center, an ophthalmology ASC in Frederick, Md. The Annapolis, Md.-based eye care platform announced the opening Nov. 2. The ASC handles only outpatient eye surgery. It offers cataract and lens…
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Syed Kablazada of Des Plaines, Ill., pleaded guilty Oct. 30 to two counts of healthcare fraud in a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme that billed for COVID-19 test kits beneficiaries never requested or received. Over six months starting in January…
CMS is expected to release its final calendar year 2027 outpatient and ASC payment rule in early November, with rates taking effect Jan. 1. The proposed rule, released July 2, would raise ASC payment rates 2.4% on average and add…
Three gastroenterology practices in Gainesville, Manassas and Warrenton, Va., that were formerly operated by OneGI have joined UVA Health, according to a Nov. 2 news release shared with Becker’s. The practices’ physicians, advanced practice providers and staff are joining UVA…
Younger patients’ colorectal tumors had distinct cellular and genetic characteristics when compared with older patients’ tumors, according to a study published Oct. 29 in Nature Medicine. Researchers from Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham and Cambridge, Mass.-based…
ASC leaders gathered Oct. 29-31 in Chicago for Becker’s 32nd Annual: The Business and Operations of ASCs, where talk of falling reimbursement, rising labor costs and deeper health system involvement dominated the discussion. Here are 10 major trends from the…
Nonprofit health systems are paying large sums for national ASC platforms. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare says those deals haven’t cut into its own acquisition pipeline. On Tenet’s Oct. 29 third-quarter earnings call, UBS analyst AJ Rice pointed to two recent deals…
Joint ventures between hospitals and physicians account for 22% of U.S. ASCs, making them the second-most common ownership model after centers owned entirely by physicians. The figures come from ASC Data’s August 2025 numbers, cited in an October white paper…
Surgery centers spent 2025 absorbing rising labor, supply and anesthesia costs against largely flat reimbursement, and the share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025. For many centers, there’s less room…
Maryland has the highest concentration of ASCs in the U.S., with about eight centers per 100,000 residents, according to an October white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions. The staffing firm counted about 10,900 ASCs operating nationwide as of October 2026,…