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For some independent cardiology practices, financial and operational stability may feel like a moving target as reimbursement policies and reporting requirements continue to shift.   Larry Sobal, CEO of Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin in Appleton joined Becker’s to discuss…

Here are 12 ASC projects that were announced or completed in January, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Saginaw, Mich.-based Covenant HealthCare announced its plans to break ground on a $25 million orthopedic ASC in April.  2. The Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie…

Contract negotiations between ASCs and payers are becoming increasingly complex as both sides sharpen their strategies in a tighter reimbursement environment. ASC leaders describe a landscape in which insurers are flexing scale, data analytics and network design to contain costs…

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…

ASCs have long stood as a clear value proposition within healthcare — delivering lower costs, high patient satisfaction and streamlined care — but leaders say the model is facing mounting strain as financial, workforce and competitive pressures converge. While outpatient…

Morehead City, N.C.-based Carteret Health Care has broken ground on a $50 million outpatient campus in Cedar Point, N.C. The 50,000-square-foot project will house an ASC, a freestanding emergency department, advanced diagnostics and primary and specialty care, according to a…

Nacogdoches County Hospital District in Nacogdoches, Texas, unanimously approved a 15-year lease agreement with Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare on Feb. 27, The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel reported March 2. The new lease agreement designates Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital and Cecil R. Bomar Rehabilitation…

By 2036, the U.S. is projected to have a supply of 50,490 anesthesia physicians but a demand for 60,760 — a shortfall of more than 10,000 physicians nationwide — according to projections from the Department of Health and Human Services’…

New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is debuting a preventive cardiology program in partnership with Newark, N.J.-based Rutgers Health and West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. The initiative will integrate preventive cardiology, cardiac genetics and sports cardiology into a…