Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System has submitted a CON application to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services for a new ASC. The gastroenterology and endoscopy ambulatory surgical facility would be located in Cary, N.C., and cost…
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The laws and regulations surrounding noncompete agreements are rapidly becoming one of the most consequential, and contested, issues in physician employment. With a national ban on noncompete agreements virtually out of the question under the current FTC leadership, numerous states…
While CMS’ addition of 573 codes to the ASC Covered Procedures list has been cause for celebration for many leaders, a Medicare policy affecting coinsurance payments for certain procedures may be disincentivizing patients from using ASCs and creating barriers to…
Since CMS implemented a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for certain durable medical equipment suppliers, the Justice Department has announced at least four settlements and sentences tied to DME fraud schemes. CMS said it stopped more than $1.5…
While independent physician groups have been busy expanding into the ASC space in recent years, operational gaps have emerged and gone largely unaddressed. According to Pelto Health Partners’ fractional CEO, Rachel Uzlik, independent ASCs often leave savings and operational efficiencies…
With site-neutral payment reform poised to reshape the economics of outpatient care, many ASC leaders told Becker’s that the policy could accelerate the shift of procedures away from hospital outpatient departments. While some view the move as a long-overdue step…
Anesthesia stipends — once rare in the ASC industry — have become a common practice for many ASCs as labor costs climb, federal reimbursement lags and the gap between what anesthesia services cost and what payers reimburse ever widens. The…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has reopened the third-floor clinical space at its Glenview (Ill.) Outpatient Center following a multiyear project to modernize facilities and expand specialty care access across Chicago’s North Shore region. The newly expanded floor increases access to specialty services and…
Physician-owned Pelto Health Partners has launched an ASC platform initiative, extending its private practice model into the surgery center space and aiming to give physician owners more options without forcing them into a traditional management service organization structure. Minneapolis-based Pelto…
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has opened a heart and vascular clinic in Bluffton, S.C. Novant Health Heart & Vascular is led by Christopher Wixon, MD, a vascular surgery specialist, according to a March 10 news release from the health system. …