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January/February Issue of Becker’s ASC Review ON THE COVER  ASCs to receive 2.1% increase in 2019 Medicare reimbursement: 6 things to know CMS released the 2019 final payment rule for hospital outpatient surgery departments and ASCs, including an average rate…

The ECRI Institute outlined the top 10 patient safety concerns for 2019 in a new report. 

Doximity released its 2019 physician compensation report comparing average salary differences between specialties.

  Experts from The Joint Commission outlined the top patient safety opportunities for this year in a blog post.

  Standardized pain care bundles can decrease opioid prescribing for outpatient procedures, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

  External and internal benchmarking plays a critical role in ASC revenue cycle success, according to Fort Myers, Fla.-based Serbin Medical Billing.

Strong leadership helps ASC staff be more producing so they can deliver exceptional outcomes, according to Ann Geier, RN, chief nursing officer for Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association used 2018 CMS data from June to illustrate the number of ASCs in each state.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses outlined four ways ASCs can reduce surgical site infections in a post on its blog.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals released its reports for the three and six-month fiscal periods which ended December 31, 2018.