U.S. News & World Report released its third annual “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list and more than 200 orthopedic ASCs were included. U.S. News evaluated 4,421 ASCs across four specialties: colonoscopy and endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics and Spine, and urology. Patients…
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CMS plans to transition to an independent dispute resolution “gateway” during the second half of 2026, according to a March 16 email shared with Becker’s. The federal agency will move away from single-use web forms, instead relying on “a secure, centralized…
Payment integrity teams are being asked to do more with more complexity, more data and less room for error. The opportunity is not to replace existing workflows. It is to make them smarter. AI can help health plans act earlier,…
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Vice President, Healthcare Solutions, EXL
Mercy Hospital Washington in Washington, Mo., has opened an expanded cardiovascular catheterization lab as part of a $10 million project first announced in January 2024. The expansion added a third procedure suite, additional pre- and post-procedure rooms and upgrades to…
Organizational issues such as missing equipment, heavy workloads and anesthesia-related delays were among factors surgeons said negatively affect relationships with anesthesiologists, according to a recent study published in Cureus. Differences between surgeons’ and anesthesiologists’ clinical priorities, organizational hurdles and hierarchical…
There has been a flurry of state and national policymaking in the last week that could impact the business and operations of ASCs as legislators consider new regulations for physician contracting, new facility development and reimbursements. Here are five policy…
Geneva (N.Y.) General Cardiology Associates, affiliated with Geneva General Hospital, is now seeing patients at a new location in Seneca Falls, N.Y., FingerLakes1.com reported March 16. Dr. Rawa Sarji, a fellowship-trained and board-certified cardiologist, is providing care at Lifecare Medical…
Facility fees have become a controversial component of the reimbursement structure for ASCs as some advocates say they disincentivize patients from utilizing lower cost settings for surgical procedures. “I call it a double whammy,” Kara Newbury, chief advocacy officer for…
At Los Angeles-based UCLA Health, growth in digestive disease care is not being defined by a single building, a single campus or even a single specialty. It is being shaped by a broader idea: that academic medicine works best when…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has named Lloyd Dean as an independent director on its board of directors. Mr. Dean previously served as CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the U.S., and before that…