From regulatory barriers and challenges to continually increasing costs paired with consistently stagnant reimbursements, here are some of the biggest roadblocks and hurdles to ASC and physician ...

Here are four payer-related headlines in the last two weeks for ASCs to know. 1. Medical practices and hospitals saw claims denials increase and prior authorization denials decrease in 2024, according ...

The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Tampa, Fla., earns $688,800 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $301,500 ophthalmologists make ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne Medical Center announced plans to end its partnership with anesthesia services provider Medical Center Anesthesiologists on May 15. Now, the system has chosen a new ...

ASCs have seen a wide range of changes to payer policies in the last year, from narrower reimbursement models to a shift toward bundled payments and alternative payment models. Here are five ways that ...

Consolidation is becoming more widespread across healthcare, with several large management groups and physician organizations ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has a network of 190 hospitals, more than 2,500 care sites and more than 44,000 physicians, making it one of the largest players in the healthcare industry. Three ...

A physician in Mission, Texas, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for carrying out a healthcare fraud scheme involving more than $118 million in false ...

Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs recently forecasts that the U.S. has a 35% chance of entering a recession in the next year, a worrisome development for ASCs nationwide. Here are a few key ways ...

As cost pressures intensify, ASCs are increasingly positioning themselves as cost-effective alternatives to hospital settings — especially for high-cost procedures like joint replacements and spine ...

Here are five ASC lawsuits Becker’s has reported on this year: 1. Knoxville, Tenn.-based Parkwest Surgery Center is facing ...

As ASCs grapple with fluctuating anesthesia coverage and rising costs, many administrators are finding themselves in a constant balancing act. Andrew Weiss, administrator of Vorhees, N.J.-based Summit ...