The majority of executives are planning healthcare partnerships, alliances and joint ventures to gain access to outside expertise and/or technology, according to a West Monroe Partners and Mergermarket report.
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Physicians can effectively manage patients' pain using fewer pills without compromising patient comfort or satisfaction, according to Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Associate Professor Chad Brummett, MD.
The number of Medicare-certified ASCs nearly doubled from 2000 to 2017, according to Avanza Healthcare Strategies' Outpatient Statistical Snapshot.
While most companies prefer six to 10 active physician owners at single-specialty ASCs, one-third of companies said there should be 11 to 15 at multispecialty centers, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey.
The Pacific region has the highest total number of staffing hours per case, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.
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Diamond Orthopedic received FDA 510(k) clearance for its sterile-packaged faceted bone screw technology.
Reader's Digest compiled a list of 12 common errors about the medical industry in movies and TV shows.
Although California often tops the list of healthcare data breaches because of its large population, Illinois had the most breaches in the U.S. for April, HIPAA Journal reports.
The top strategic driver of healthcare acquisitions for firms is consolidation or scaling up to increase competitiveness, according to a West Monroe report.
Non-hospital provider facilities such as ASCs are a No. 1 acquisition target for 10 percent of healthcare acquirers, according to a West Monroe report.