Leadership

As the pay disparity between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs continues to grow, some leaders are concerned about how the chasm is driving patients to hospitals. 

Optum has shuttered several clinics and terminated its telehealth business in 2024. 

ASCs are facing an increasing disparity between practice costs and reimbursements. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has maintained its position as an industry leader in the ASC sector, boasting a 14.2% jump in revenue in the second quarter of 2024, hitting $762.1 million.

Annual ASC operating budgets ticked up last year, according to a survey from OR Manager.

Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant professor of anesthesiologist at the New Haven-based Yale School of Medicine, joined Becker's to discuss how these shuttering services are affecting physicians

Here is what to know about five state ASC organizations, including their leadership and the number of ASCs in each state:

The Federal Trade Commission's noncompete ban is in flux amid several divergent court rulings, according to an article by law firm Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath published Aug. 14 in JDSupra. 

Here are 10 numbers making physicians nervous:

The Department of Justice's recent complaint filed against Erlanger Health System and Medical Center for Stark law violations present several compliance concerns, according to an Aug. 14 report in JDSupra.