ASCs' efforts to reduce postoperative pain and opioid dependence include using less long-acting anesthesia, administering non-opioid medications in the operating room and using postoperative pain blocks that gradually wear off, according to Maura Dent Cash, RN.
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Bundled payments can help ASCs increase reimbursements while remaining competitive in a value-based environment, according to MNet.
Vancouver, Canada-based CRH Medical Corp. acquired Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based Lake Erie Sedation Associates, a gastroenterology anesthesia practice.
San Gabriel, Calif.-based Pacifica Digestive Health relocated its office to San Gabriel Valley Medical Plaza's fourth floor.
Houston-based HCA Gulf Coast completed its acquisition of North Cypress (Texas) Medical Center and named Jim Brown the facility's CEO.
Karima Boubekeur, PhD, is leaving AstraZeneca to join Tillotts Pharma AG as global head of innovation.
Lincoln, Neb.-based Bryan Health completed the Doctors Outpatient Surgery Center earlier this year, the Lincoln Journal Star reports.
Patient Preferred Physicians and Practitioners named Isaac Raijman, MD, a patient preferred physician in Texas.
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic News Network offered insight into non-opioid methods of pain management during colonoscopy, the Herald Courier reports.
CMS proposed several updates to ASC payments in the 2019 proposed payment rule, issued July 25. One of the key changes for ASCs would be to broaden the definition of device-intensive procedures, adding around 131 procedures for Medicare beneficiaries in…