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Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of North Carolina has launched a free, online survey tool in partnership with Zagat and WellPoint that allows BCBS of North Carolina customers to rate their experiences with physicians, according to a BCBS of…

Currently, there are three primary ownership models in the ASC industry: Independent (100 percent physician ownership); Selling a minority stake to a corporate partner (e.g., 70 percent physician-owned; 30 percent corporate-owned), Selling a majority stake (e.g., 49 percent physician-owned; 51…

As unemployment rises and the country's recession continues, many states are seeing increases in Medicaid applications as tax revenues are falling below projections, according to The Associated Press.

The Center for Outpatient Surgery at Abbott Northwestern’s Sartell (Minn.) Outpatient Center is closing in January due to the struggling economy and reimbursement rates that were not sufficient to cover the costs of running the center, according to a report…

OrthoIndy and the Indiana Orthopaedic Hospital, based in Indianapolis, have announced they will build a new facility housing a surgery center and clinic in Greenwood, Ind., according to a press release from the organizations.

Here are six trends driving the growth of bariatric surgery according to from Kent Sasse, MD, owner of the Surgery Center of Reno (Nev.) and principle in the Western Bariatric Institute in Reno.

Here are four predictions for ASCs in 2009 from Bob Scheller, co-founder and COO of the ASC development and management firm Nikitis Resource Group (NRG).

According to SDI’s 2008 Outpatient Surgery Center Market Report, 11 percent of surgery centers belong to an integrated health network (IHN) as of August 2008, an increase of 1 percent over the previous year.

Congero Development, a provider of management and development services to surgical centers and other types of healthcare facilities, has announced the start of construction on the Iain Mackenzie Medical Plaza, a healthcare campus in York, Pa.

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) have issued a statement unwarrantedly criticizing a recently passed bill by the New Jersey Senate that allows physicians to refer patients to ASCs in which they have a financial interest.