Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth has appointed Brooke Lippincott as senior vice president of ambulatory services. In the role, Ms. Lippincott will lead the strategic, operational and financial direction of PeaceHealth’s outpatient care line, according to a March 4 news release from…
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Operational and technology costs comprise a significant chunk of ASCs’ budgets, which means securing favorable contracts with vendors is key to financial sustainability. Tammy Smittle, RN, BSN, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer of Austin, Texas-based Northwest Hills Surgical…
Dennis Bierle has been selected as the new senior vice president for outpatient clinic operations for Gainsville-based UF Health, the Alachua Chronicle reported March 2. In this role, Mr. Bierle will work to create a more unified approach to the…
Clinician turnover is shaped less by perks and more by the fundamentals of how work feels day to day, according to a report from SullivanCotter and Lotis Blue. The report found that decisions to stay or leave are driven primarily…
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has made 17 leadership appointments under its new operating model. The appointments include leaders in surgical specialties and outpatient care, as well as both newly hired and promoted leaders:
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From widening commercial price gaps and declining Medicare surgeon pay, five studies are raising questions about the financial and structural pressures facing ASCs. The studies quantify shrinking surgeon reimbursement, consolidation-linked price increases, hospital site-of-care advantages and socioeconomic disparities in ASC…
Stark law was built to guard against financial conflicts in a fee-for-service world, but as healthcare shifts toward value-based care, many physicians say the decades-old framework is creating new friction. Physician leaders told Becker’s that the law’s strict liability standard,…
From the rise of de novo facilities to the continued decline of reimbursement rates, ASC leaders are constantly retooling their approach based on what the industry throws at them. Reimbursements and insurance authorizations, especially when it comes to anesthesia services,…
As payer complexity and administrative burdens intensify, ASCs are turning to AI as a way to protect margins and efficiency by using it to manage prior authorizations and appeals, optimize OR performance and explore new clinical applications. For many ASCs,…
As health systems continue shifting higher-acuity cases into outpatient settings, ASCs are being asked to do more, and at Novant Health, that evolution has required more than standardized protocols. For the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based system, this has meant doubling down on…