Here are seven things for ASC leaders to note from the past week.
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MedPAC plans to recommend ASCs submit cost data to CMS and eliminate the anticipated 2 percent pay update for 2018, according to a Medpage Today report.
Here are 14 statistics on advanced practice registered nurse salary by the number of years they've been in practice, according to the Medscape Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Salary Report 2016.
Here are four updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.
The Council of Economic Advisers and HHS released a report that showed repealing the ACA would have "profound implications" for many Americans, according to The Hill.
Based on CDC data, The Washington Post reported the highest number of opioid-related overdose deaths by state.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson probed DOJ and Anthem-Cigna lawyers during the furst phase of the antitrust trial, and questioned the validity of their arguments for and against the merger, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Greenwood, Colo.-based Envision Healthcare's physician services division acquired Phoenix-based Desert Mountain Consultants in Anesthesia.
After the American Medical Association endorsed President-elect Donald Trump's pick as Tom Price, MD, for HHS secretary, many providers signed a petition titled "The AMA Does Not Speak for Us," an AJC blog post stated.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services received three certificate-of-need applications from New Hanover County and two applications from Brunswick County for ASCs, according to WECT 6 News.