Leadership

The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates has adopted policy classifying moral injury as a “distinct and significant threat” to the well-being of physicians, residents and medical students, according to a Nov. 9 news release shared with Becker’s. The policy…

Physician leaders warn that CMS’ 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule will put more strain on independent practices and make it harder for patients to get care. The final rule, released Nov. 4, cuts the conversion factor 2.31% to…

A bigger reimbursement doesn’t always make a better case for an ASC. Once implant costs, operating room time and contract terms are factored in, a procedure with an eye-catching rate can barely break even or lose money. That math is…

Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the first time the opposition party has controlled both chambers during a Republican presidency since 2006.  The party’s early healthcare agenda centers on restoring the…

ASCs are winning the volume they lobbied for over decades, but holding onto margin is getting harder. ASC growth is far from over, Terry Bohlke, CEO of Keystone Surgical Partners and a past president of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association,…

In 2023, 69% of ASC leaders said recruiting surgical technologists had gotten harder over the past year, compared with 68% for experienced OR nurses. It was the first year techs topped nurses on that measure, according to an OR Manager…

Entering new markets ranked last among nine reasons hospitals and health systems own or affiliate with ASCs, but more than a quarter of leaders still cited it. Twenty-seven percent of respondents to the 7th Hospital Leadership ASC Survey from Avanza…

Nearly every hospital and health system leader says having an ASC helps recruit surgeons, and a growing share say recruits expect one. Ninety-seven percent of respondents to the 7th Hospital Leadership ASC Survey from Avanza + MedHQ, conducted with HealthLeaders…

ASCs are getting technology pitches from every angle. The harder call often comes after implementing a new technology, when a new tool is not providing results and administrators have to work out whether the problem is the rollout or the…

Physician-owned ASCs have more options for corporate partnership than ever, and those partners are themselves changing hands. St. Louis-based Ascension completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg in June, growing its ASC network from 58 centers to more than 300…