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The new Medicare payment system and expanded list of procedures brought with them new, profitable opportunities for centers performing urological procedures or considering offering urology in the future. In fact, while over 80 percent of urology procedures tracked in quarter…

The merger of two centers with each other has not been a traditional strategy for surgery center growth over the past 10 years. Traditionally, merging two centers, absent certain motives such as redeeming certain physicians, has been viewed more as…

Ophthalmology has never been an extremely high-reimbursement specialty, and CMS’s new ASC payment system did little to change that. Further, Medicare patients remain the largest patient group for these procedures, so there isn’t much in the way of opportunity for…

The criminal grand jury indictments in the largest medical fraud prosecution in the nation have been unsealed, and the final two defendants have been charged for their role in the Unity Outpatient Surgery Center scheme, in which $154 million was…

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A scant 4 percent of physicians report having extensive, fully functional electronic health records systems, according to a study published June 18 by the New England Journal of Medicine ? and the reason adoption is lacking is the high cost…

Here's what Michael Kulczycki, the executive director of the Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, had to say about some current issues affecting ASCs.

Beginning in January, ASCs are, by federal law, going to have to start reporting data for certain quality measures. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have yet to announce exactly what those measures will be, but a collaborative effort…

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1: What are the biggest victories the ASC industry has secured over the last 24 months? Kathy Bryant, JD: The biggest victory the ASC industry has achieved over the last 24 months is the progress ASCs have made in increasing…