When ASC leaders blame inefficiencies on a workforce shortage they are dodging the root cause of the problem. In the majority of cases, facilities are dealing with a failure in workplace utilization, not a lack of providers. ASCs have to…
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The Pennsylvania Medical Society is hosting its first-ever Independent Practice Summit in Harrisburg, Pa., on June 19, bringing together independent physicians from across the state for a day focused on building sustainable models of physician-led care. The summit comes as…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services added 573 procedures to the ASC covered procedures list for 2026 — 302 newly approved codes and 271 coming off the inpatient-only list. For the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, which spent years in…
A federal appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a False Claims Act lawsuit against Thomas Health System, rejecting allegations that the West Virginia health system’s physician compensation arrangements violated the Stark law and Anti-Kickback Statute. The U.S. Court of…
Filling an open physician role costs more than $500,000. Yet only 39% of healthcare organizations have a formal retention policy and most aren’t using retirement benefits as the differentiator they could be. The problem is that traditional 401(k) plans offer…
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Patient expectations keep climbing while clinical teams absorb a steady load of nonclinical requests, repeated questions and unclear bedside communication. Moving satisfaction scores without adding headcount has become one of the hardest problems in hospital operations. Penn Medicine’s Clifton Center…
Jul 21, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Braheem Santos, US Segment Sales & Market Leader, Healthcare, Schneider Electric
- John Donohue, Vice President, Data and Technology Solutions, Penn Medicine, Penn Medicine
Four in ten U.S. adults have skipped doses, delayed refills, or left a prescription unfilled because of cost, and six in ten now worry about affording their medications. Affordability is usually framed as a patient access issue, but it’s also…
Jul 20, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Srulik Dvorsky, Co-Founder and CEO, TailorMed
- Ashley Barrett, Director Financial Clearance Authorization Services, Moffitt Cancer Center
- Edwina Williams, MBA, System Manager, Patient Assistance Programs, SSM Health
ASC administrators and physician partners say that block time is the most avoidable margin drain hiding in plain sight. “Holding onto block time ‘just in case’ hurts the bottom line,” Elisa Auguste, administrator of Precision Care Surgery Center in East…
An Arkansas pathology laboratory that set up in-office labs at gastroenterology practices nationwide has agreed to pay $30 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of paying illegal kickbacks and ordering medically unnecessary testing, the Justice Department said in a…
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Nova Southeastern University is opening a regional campus in Henderson, Nev., to expand its anesthesiologist assistant program. The university is the first to offer an anesthesiologist assistant program in Nevada, according to a June 17 news release…