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ASA Physical Status IV patients can be treated successfully on an outpatient basis, but they're twice as likely as healthier patients to need hospital admissions afterward, according to Anesthesiology News.

Cardiology reported the highest share of ASC cases with hospital visits within 7 days of discharge in 2014 and 2016, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's 2018 report to Congress. 

Here are 10 statistics on ASC net operating revenue and employee salaries from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Copper Ridge Surgery Center won the Intalere Healthcare Achievement Award for its Patient Experience Initiative called "The Way We Work Together," the Record Eagle reports.

Columbus-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is using its outpatient surgery center and accompanying physician offices as a template for a network of suburban facilities, Columbus Business First reports.

Here are 55 statistics on ASC case mix by specialty from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.

Here are 30 statistics on ASC case volume from VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.

Here are 55 statistics on ASC revenue volume by specialty, according to statistics from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2018.

Here are 11 statistics on net revenue per case by ASC specialty based on the VMG Health 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Survey.

State Sen. Jerry Hill (D-Calif.) is pushing legislation that would make California the first state to require physicians to inform patients if they are on probation for wrongdoing, including sexual misconduct, KSBW 8 reports.